PACT: Providers and Alzheimer's Caregivers Together
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
In brief
The primary goal of the study is documentation of effectiveness of a home-based intervention to reduce caregiver burden related to dementia caregiving, improve caregiver health status, and reduce caregiver and care recipient resource utilization.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00182897
- Run by
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- People needed
- 120
- Starts
- 2000-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2006-11-14
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Care Recipient - Inclusion Criteria (must have all)
- Documented diagnosis of dementia or Mini-Mental State Exam score <23
- Functional impairment: presence of two IADL (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living) impairment (transportation, shopping) or one Activities of Daily Living (ADL) impairment (bathing, toileting)
- Caregiver - Inclusion Criteria (must have all)
- At least 21 years old
- A family member of the care recipient
- Must have a telephone
- Must plan to remain in the area for the duration of the intervention and follow-up
- Must have been a caregiver for more than 6 months
- Must provide at least 4 hours of supervision or direct assistance per day for the care recipient
You may not qualify if…
- Care Recipient
- Any terminal illness with life expectancy of less than 6 months
- Active treatment (chemotherapy or radiation therapy) for cancer
- More than three acute medical hospitalizations in the past year (other than psychiatric or Alzheimer's Disease related admissions)
- Schizophrenia
- Dementia secondary to head trauma
- Blindness or deafness if either disability prohibits them from data collection or participation in the interventions
- Caregiver
- Any terminal illness with life expectancy of less than 6 months
- Active treatment (chemotherapy or radiation therapy) for cancer
- More than three acute medical hospitalizations in the past year
- Imminent placement of care recipient into a nursing home (within 6 months)
- Involvement in another clinical trial for caregivers, including REACH
- Miscellaneous barriers such as transportation, commitment, hesitancy, etc.
Where it is running
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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