Caregiving While Black: LIVE

Description

This study will test the psychoeducation course, Caregiving while Black - Learning In Vital Engagement (LIVE), among Black caregivers providing care to persons with dementia. This course aims to enhance Black caregivers' capacity to cope effectively with their caregiving role of navigating care and the world of healthcare in ways that take into consideration the social and cultural context of their unique life experiences.

Conditions

Dementia

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Study overview

This study will test the psychoeducation course, Caregiving while Black - Learning In Vital Engagement (LIVE), among Black caregivers providing care to persons with dementia. This course aims to enhance Black caregivers' capacity to cope effectively with their caregiving role of navigating care and the world of healthcare in ways that take into consideration the social and cultural context of their unique life experiences.

Caregiving While Black-LIVE: Empowering Black Dementia Caregivers to Navigate Care

Caregiving While Black: LIVE

Condition
Dementia
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Atlanta

Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, 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

  • * at least 18 years of age
  • * family member (or friend) who self-identifies as Black American and as the principal caregiver of a community-dwelling PLWD (not in hospice care) and who is the principal companion of that person during healthcare encounters
  • * provides some hands-on care multiple times a week
  • * has access to an electronic device and/or access to broadband internet
  • * able to speak and understand English
  • * persons who cannot provide consent
  • * persons who are not yet adults (under 18 years of age)
  • * prisoners
  • * cognitively impaired adults
  • * have plans to relinquish caring responsibilities for PLWD or are considering moving the PLWD to an institutional setting within the next 6 months
  • * not able to clearly understand English

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Emory University,

Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Emory University

Study Record Dates

2025-08-31