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Support Via Technology: Living and Learning With Advancing Dementia-REVISED

Description

STELLA-R is a multicomponent, self-directed, online intervention designed to facilitate effective management of behavioral and psychological symptoms that are common in many types of dementia. The curriculum instructs care partners to use the ABC approach, a cognitive behavioral technique that teaches care partners to describe a Behavior, then consider the Activators and Consequences of a care recipient behavior. The goal of this intervention is to reduce care partner burden and decrease reactivity to upsetting behaviors.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

STELLA-R is a multicomponent, self-directed, online intervention designed to facilitate effective management of behavioral and psychological symptoms that are common in many types of dementia. The curriculum instructs care partners to use the ABC approach, a cognitive behavioral technique that teaches care partners to describe a Behavior, then consider the Activators and Consequences of a care recipient behavior. The goal of this intervention is to reduce care partner burden and decrease reactivity to upsetting behaviors.

Support Via Technology: Living and Learning With Advancing Dementia-REVISED

Support Via Technology: Living and Learning With Advancing Dementia-REVISED

Condition
Caregiver Burden
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Portland

Oregon Health & Science University, Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

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

  • * Adult caring for family member with ADRD
  • * Age of 18 years or older
  • * Speaks and understands English to be able to participate in intervention
  • * Owns a telephone (smartphone, cell phone or landline)
  • * Has email and mailing address to receive study materials and surveys
  • * Provides informed consent to participate in the research
  • * Lives in Oregon, Washington or Idaho
  • * Identifies two or more behavioral symptoms that are distressing to them (care partner)
  • * Vision problems severe enough to prevent participation
  • * Unwilling or unable to adequately follow study instructions and participate in study procedures

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Oregon Health and Science University,

Allison Lindauer, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Oregon Health and Science University

Study Record Dates

2026-12-01