Utilizing Senior Companions to Enhance Dementia Care

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Conditions studied: Alzheimer Disease, Dementia

In brief

The inability of healthcare systems to effectively manage Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) often results in families remaining unaware of important community-based, long-term services and supports (LTSS) that could help to mitigate the negative effects of cognitive impairment. This project will feature a collaboration between Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota to evaluate a novel adaption of the volunteer Senior Companion Program (SCP) to: a) assist families better manage ADRD at home; b) identify and facilitate the use of LTSS; and c) improve engagement with primary care providers throughout the state of Minnesota. If successful, the PorchLight Project will offer a potentially efficient, wide-ranging service model for states and communities to implement for persons with ADRD and their caregiving families.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03667924

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

44

Starts

2019-04-29

Expected to finish

2020-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-08

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• A PWML or caregiver will be ineligible if they have a diagnosis of a serious psychiatric illness, their symptoms have worsened in the last 6 months, and they don't receive steady, ongoing treatment for those symptoms.

Where it is running

• School of Public Health — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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