Clinical trials: Dementia Caregivers
Caregivers, Decision Making
"Safety in Dementia": An Online Caregiver Intervention
In an online randomized trial of Safety in Dementia with national recruitment and longitudinal follow-up, we will recruit informal caregivers of community-dwelling adults with dementia who have firearm access.
- Conditions
- Caregivers, Decision Making, Alzheimer Disease, Social Media
- Trial name
- NCT05173922
- Testing
- Safety in Dementia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Family Caregivers, Dementia
Financial Counseling for Dementia Family Caregivers in Early and Middle Adulthood
The goal of this National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stage 1a study is to develop and pilot test a research- and community-informed financial counseling and advocacy (FCA) intervention for dementia family caregivers in early and…
- Conditions
- Family Caregivers, Dementia, Financial Wellbeing, Financial Coaching
- Trial name
- FCA 4 FC-EAMA (NCT07681401)
- Testing
- Financial Counseling and Advocacy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Health Promotion
Caregiver Stress: Interventions to Promote Health and Wellbeing
More and more family members are providing care to their loved ones with prolonged and progressive illnesses. Chronic intense caregiving represents a situation of chronic stress, which takes a toll on one's mental and physical…
- Trial name
- NCT01188070
- Testing
- Usual Care, Psycho-education, Psycho-education plus physical exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 354 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke
Explore the Sharing Model Intervene to Improve the Knowledge, Attitudes, Service Intentions and Service Start-up Effects of the Eight Major Non-cancer Disease End-stage Caregivers on Well-being and Palliative Care
Since September 1st, 2009, Taiwan has begun to pay attention to the care of patients with organ failure, dementia and the elderly, and brought eight of non-cancer terminal patients into health insurance subsidies to implement the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- NCT05407272
- Testing
- Health Education Manual, manual
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wen-Shiou Pan
Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
In-Home Technology for Dementia Caregivers
This study aims to develop and evaluate in-home assistive technology that is designed to alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT03828383
- Testing
- In-home technology, Limited in-home technology
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Dementia
The Effect of Digital Reminiscence Therapy on People With Mild and Moderate Dementia
In the post-epidemic era, it is necessary to develop support programs for families with dementia in empirical care. The reminiscence therapy was adopted by patients with mild and moderate dementia those intervention have had good…
- Trial name
- NCT05341271
- Testing
- Experimental: digital reminiscence group (DRG), Experimental: general reminiscence group (GRG)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Dementia
A Mobile Application for Training of Family Caregivers Caring for Someone With Dementia
Background The mental, physical, and emotional health of caregivers is negatively affected by the burden of caring for of persons living with dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT04139707
- Testing
- Caring4Dementia, White Paper
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Dementia, Family
Supporting Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia: Effectiveness and Sustainability of MT4C-In Care
When a person living with dementia moves into a long term care facility, their family members remain involved in their care. They learn new roles and make significant and often stressful adjustments.
- Trial name
- NCT04226872
- Testing
- My Tools for Care - In Care
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Diabetes, Senile Dementia, Alzheimer Type
A Study of Mobile Medical Supportive Care Program for Family Caregivers With Dementia Combined With Diabetes
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of the clinical application of a mHealth supportive care program for family caregivers with dementia combined with diabetes based on the supportive care framework.
- Trial name
- NCT06785857
- Testing
- mHealth Supportive Care Program, Offline supportive care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yuanjiao Yan
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Intervention Programs for Decreasing Caregiver Burden in Caregivers of Patients With Dementia
The purpose of this study is to investigate if behavioral intervention for dementia caregivers will decrease caregiver burden in caregivers of patients with dementia.
- Trial name
- I-care (NCT02397980)
- Testing
- Behavioral intervention
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
Early Onset Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia
RHAPSODY-plus: Online Counseling for Family Caregivers of Patients With Young Onset Dementia
The RHAPSODY-plus project consists of two parts. In a first step carers of people with young onset dementia (YOD; onset before the age of 65) have the opportunity to use the RHAPSODY online program (Kurz et al., 2016) to inform…
- Trial name
- RHAPSODY-plus (NCT03923517)
- Testing
- RHAPSODY online program and MEET online sessions
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Dementia
Connecting Caregivers With Community Services: The Care Buddy Platform
The study aims to develop a mobile-app (Care Buddy) which will be a one-stop integrated source of information and technology-based solutions for caregivers of people with dementia (PWDs).
- Trial name
- NCT06817876
- Testing
- Care Buddy
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Family, Dementia
Evaluation of "My Tools 4 Care" for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia
With the number of Canadians with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) growing, supporting family care partners of persons with ADRD is critical.
- Trial name
- NCT02428387
- Testing
- My Tools 4 Care
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Dementia Caregiver
The Existential Cognitive Intervention to Enhance Positive Aspect of Caregiving (EXCITE-PAC) in a Dementia Context
Research evidence is emerging on the co-existence of a positive caregiving experience in the physically and psychosocially taxing dementia care context, but little attention has been paid to promoting the positive aspects of…
- Trial name
- EXCITE-PAC (NCT07396298)
- Testing
- Existential-cognitive intervention to enhance PAC, Usual care
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Pilot Testing Dementia-Enhanced Training and Tool for Home Hospice Clinicians
The purpose of this study is to pilot test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a clinically useful, inclusive dementia-enhanced training and tool for use by home hospice clinicians to improve care and…
- Trial name
- EDITH-HC (NCT05719077)
- Testing
- EDITH-HC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Harmony at Home: A Pilot Telehealth Program for Rural ADRD Caregivers
There is a need for caregiver-initiated and -implemented non-pharmacological interventions directly to and for the person with dementia, including environmental assessment and modification, as first-line treatments for behavioral…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Brain Diseases, Central Nervous System Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT05202223
- Testing
- Harmony at HOME (H@H)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth K Rhodus
Dementia, Mild
Eerder Erbij: The Path Towards Offering Timely Support for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers
INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE It has been estimated that at least 50% of the home living persons with dementia in the Netherlands receive little or no formal care and support (Zorgstandaard Dementie, 2013).
- Trial name
- EE (NCT06455163)
- Testing
- Eerder Erbij
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VU University of Amsterdam
Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Stress
Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy for Dementia Care (MCAT-DC) : A Waitlist Randomized Controlled Trial
The current study builds on the empirical foundation of Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy (MCAT) to test its efficacy as a multicomponent, holistic, psycho-socio-spiritual intervention for supporting dementia family caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT04548089
- Testing
- Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy for Dementia Care (MCAT-DC)
- Where
- 3 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Dementia, Familial
Developing and Testing the Enhancing Active Caregiver Training (EnACT) Intervention for Dementia Family Caregivers
Persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) experience behavioral symptoms such as agitation, combativeness, depression, and apathy.
- Trial name
- EnACT (NCT04920006)
- Testing
- Enhancing Active Caregiver Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease
Social Cognition and Personality Changes in Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Disease & Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
The aim of this study is to compare personality and social cognition changes, including emotion detection and self-awareness, and neuroanatomical correlates in patients, and how that affects the caregiver-patient relationship.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT02964611
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto