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Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO)

Description

This study is designed to learn more about ways to promote caregiver mastery online. 270 dementia family caregivers will be enrolled and randomized to take the CAN-DO online course immediately or after a waiting period. They will participate in interviews before and after the course; total time of study participation is 6 months.

Conditions

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study is designed to learn more about ways to promote caregiver mastery online. 270 dementia family caregivers will be enrolled and randomized to take the CAN-DO online course immediately or after a waiting period. They will participate in interviews before and after the course; total time of study participation is 6 months.

Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO) Developing Dementia Family Caregiver Mastery for Navigating Complex Health, Social Service, Legal, Financial, and Family Systems

Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO)

Condition
Dementia
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Atlanta

Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Family member or friend providing at least 4 hours per week of informal care for a community-dwelling person living with ADRD
  • * 18 years or older
  • * Has internet access
  • * Does not have to co-reside with the individual
  • * Understands, speaks, and reads English
  • * Family caregiver plans to move care recipient to an institutional setting within the next six months
  • * Care recipient currently enrolled in hospice

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Emory University,

Carolyn Clevenger, RN, DNP, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Emory University

Study Record Dates

2028-03