Improving Information Sharing Between Family Caregivers and Home Care Aides
Improving Information Sharing Between Family Caregivers and Home Care Aides Caring for Persons Living With ADRD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
100 participants
Apr 14, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering a home care role and preference guide to up to 50 family caregivers and home care aides of persons living with disability for the purpose of identifying roles between family caregivers and home care aides.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria8
- Home care agency aide:
- English speaking,
- home care aides, personal care aides, or personal care aides, providing services to older adults with ADRD.
- Family or unpaid caregiver eligible for the study if:
- years and older
- English speaking
- hear well enough to communicate by telephone
- identify themselves as the primary family member or unpaid (friend/companion) caregiver
Exclusion Criteria9
- Home care aides are ineligible if:
- non-English speaking
- certified nursing assistants, nursing assistant, home health aides, or medication technicians.
- Family/unpaid caregivers ineligible if:
- less than 18 years old
- non-English speaking
- do not hear well enough to communicate by telephone
- two or more incorrect answers or not being able to respond to a validated 6-item telephone screening instrument
- are not identified as the person's primary caregiver, or are paid for services.
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Interventions
GRACE- Guide for Role Awareness and Care Engagement is a role and preference guide designed to improve information sharing and clarify role expectations between family caregivers and home care aides of older adults. This guide will outline the various domains of providing care services and preferences for older adults such as daily routine and preferred activities. The intervention will be delivered in-person to the family caregiver and home care aide at the care recipient's home.
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NCT07227558