Learning Skills Together Family Caregiver Complex Intervention

Description

Learning Skills Together (LST) is a 6-week psychoeducational intervention focused on complex care (nursing) tasks completed by family caregivers to persons living with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. This study aims to test the efficacy of LST at reducing caregiver depression and negative appraisal of behavioral symptoms of dementia by building caregiver self-efficacy. To do this, eligible participants will be randomized into an intervention group (LST) or a control group condition focused on healthy living for family caregivers. Participants will be asked to complete surveys before and after participating in the intervention or the control condition to determine whether change in hypothesized outcomes can be attributed to the intervention condition.

Conditions

Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Caregiver Burden, Self Efficacy

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Study overview

Learning Skills Together (LST) is a 6-week psychoeducational intervention focused on complex care (nursing) tasks completed by family caregivers to persons living with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. This study aims to test the efficacy of LST at reducing caregiver depression and negative appraisal of behavioral symptoms of dementia by building caregiver self-efficacy. To do this, eligible participants will be randomized into an intervention group (LST) or a control group condition focused on healthy living for family caregivers. Participants will be asked to complete surveys before and after participating in the intervention or the control condition to determine whether change in hypothesized outcomes can be attributed to the intervention condition.

Learning Skills Together: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Complex Care Skills Intervention to Improve AD/ADRD Caregiver Self-Efficacy

Learning Skills Together Family Caregiver Complex Intervention

Condition
Dementia
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Cleveland

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

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

  • * Is aged 18 years or older
  • * Be a family member, including "families of choice," to an individual living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia who has received a diagnosis from a physician
  • * Provide assistance with at least two instrumental activities of daily living or one activity of daily living
  • * Report a Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) rating for care recipients between 4 to 6
  • * Commit to attending at least 5 of the 6 discussion sessions
  • * Has reliable access to the internet and email and be able to attend synchronous sessions using the Zoom videoconferencing platform
  • * Unable to read and speak English
  • * Participated in Learning Skills Together in the past
  • * Plans to place the care recipient in a skilled nursing facility within the next 9 months (i.e., study duration)
  • * Was diagnosed with depression and/or started or significantly altered their depression treatment, including starting a pharmacological therapy or beginning therapy, in the previous 3 months

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Case Western Reserve University,

Kylie N Meyer, PhD, Mac, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Case Western Reserve University

Study Record Dates

2027-04-30