Practice of Acceptance, Awareness, and Compassion in Caregiving (PAACC)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dementia

In brief

The Primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness based caregiver intervention, Practice of Acceptance, Awareness, and Compassion in Caregiving (PAACC) compared to an established cognitive behavior therapy based dementia caregiver intervention, Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH) in improving caregiver burden and quality of life of care recipient.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03447860

Run by

Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

People needed

142

Starts

2018-06-25

Expected to finish

2023-11-12

Last updated by the study team

2024-02-13

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Caregivers will include family members living with the individual diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease( AD) or Alzheimer's disease related dementia(ADRD) or Traumatic Brain Injury -AD(TBI-AD) with moderate to severe caregiver burden .
• Care recipients with diagnosis of Diagnosis of AD or ADRD or TBI-related AD .

You may not qualify if…

• Care givers: Determined to be an imminent risk to self or others,the Care recipient currently resides in a nursing home or assisted living facilities, unable to provide their own consent to participate in the study , and active substance use disorder in the last 1yr.
• Care recipient: Determined to be an imminent risk to self or others, Caregiver is not interested in the study, unable to obtain informed consent from the Care recipient

Where it is running

• VA Boston Health Care system — Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
• Salem VAMC — Salem, Virginia, United States

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