Testing & Refinement of CarePair: An Assessment and Referral Platform to Support Family Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
University of Southern California
80 participants
Sep 15, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to develop and test CarePair, a mobile application-based needs assessment and service referral platform for family caregivers of persons with dementia designed to alleviate stress and promote psychosocial well being. The main aims of this study are: * To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the CarePair mobile application. * To explore the potential for CarePair to reduce feelings of depression and burden, and improve caregivers' feelings of self-efficacy. Caregiver participants will be asked to log in and use the CarePair application and complete study activities for a six-week duration. Researchers will compare the intervention group to an attention control comparator to see if application use is associated with improved psychosocial outcomes at follow-up.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria11
- Currently a primary caregiver of a community-dwelling PwD
- Provides at least 10 hours of care per week
- ≥18 years of age
- Fluent in English
- Both the caregiver and care-recipient reside in and/or can easily access one of the following cities/areas: New York City, New York (NY); Long Island, NY; Westchester County, NY; Seattle, Washington (WA); Los Angeles, California (CA)
- Provides at least 10 hours of care per week
- Has provided care for at least 6 months
- Able to use the internet and has internet access
- Owns and can operate a smartphone
- Able and willing to provide their informed consent to participate for the six-week study duration
- Does not self-report any cognitive impairments
Exclusion Criteria11
- Not currently the primary caregiver of a community-dwelling person with dementia
- Care-recipient lives in residential care (e.g., assisted living, skilled nursing facility)
- ≤18 years of age
- Not fluent in English
- The caregiver and/or care-recipient resides outside of and/or cannot easily access any of the following cities: New York City (NY); Long Island (NY); Westchester County (NY); Seattle (WA); Los Angeles (CA)
- Provides less than 10 hours of care per week
- Has provided care for less than 6 months
- Unable to use the internet or does not have internet access
- Does not own and/or cannot operate a smartphone
- Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent to participate for the six-week study duration
- Self-reports having a cognitive impairment
Interventions
This study will pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of a digital self-assessment and referral tool using machine learning models to enhance service use and address unmet needs in ADRD caregivers.
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NCT06418971