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End-of-life Intervention for African American Dementia Caregivers

NCT03323411 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 355

Last updated 2019-12-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In a community-based approach, the investigators long-term goal is to empower African American family caregivers who are designated healthcare proxies to make informed end-of-life treatment decisions for participants with moderate to severe dementia before a life-threatening medical crisis occurs.

Conditions

  • Encephalopathy, Ischemic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Advance Care Treatment Plan

subjects in experimental group are taught information on dementia mechanical ventilation tube feeding and cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gloria J Bonner, PhD · University of Illinois at Chicago

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-15
Primary Completion
2016-09-10
Completion
2019-05-31

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