Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior

Description

266 family caregivers will be randomly assigned to either immediate intervention or delayed intervention groups. All caregivers will complete baseline surveys and 3 weeks of daily diaries. The immediate intervention group will receive 12 weeks of CuRB-IT. They will complete 3 rounds of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12 week intervals for the next 33 weeks. The delayed intervention group will receive 12 weeks of attention, complete 1 round of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey, then complete 12 weeks of CuRB-IT, and complete 2 rounds of 3--week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12-week intervals for the next 18 weeks.

Conditions

Care-resistant Behavior, Dementia

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Study overview

266 family caregivers will be randomly assigned to either immediate intervention or delayed intervention groups. All caregivers will complete baseline surveys and 3 weeks of daily diaries. The immediate intervention group will receive 12 weeks of CuRB-IT. They will complete 3 rounds of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12 week intervals for the next 33 weeks. The delayed intervention group will receive 12 weeks of attention, complete 1 round of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey, then complete 12 weeks of CuRB-IT, and complete 2 rounds of 3--week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12-week intervals for the next 18 weeks.

Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior and Improve Coping Strategies

Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior

Condition
Care-resistant Behavior
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35244

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 1)Caregiver of any race or gender who is aged \>18 years
  • * 2) provides unpaid care,
  • * 3) cares for a spouse/common-law, sibling, parent or grandparent (or in-law, aged 60+ years),
  • * 4) lives with or shares cooking facilities with the care recipient,
  • * 5) Care recipient has mild cognitive impairment or dementia as identified using the Quick Dementia Rating System instrument,
  • * 6) the care provided consists of help with at least 2 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living or one Activity of Daily Living,
  • * 7) the care recipient is resistant to receiving assistance with, or refuses to do, at least one instrumental or activity of daily living
  • * 1) persons who cannot speak/read English
  • * 2) who do not have reliable access to a smart phone or internet

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 95 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Rita A Jablonski, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Record Dates

2027-09-30