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PLAN: Dementia Literacy Education and Navigation for Korean Elders With Probable Dementia and Their Caregivers

NCT03909347 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 574

Last updated 2026-08-03

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Summary

Early detection of dementia allows for a transition to early dementia care that may delay or slow deterioration of cognitive functions and functional disabilities and enable families to adequately plan for the potential challenges of dementia caregiving. Currently, little is known about how to effectively evaluate and screen undiagnosed individuals with probable dementia in community-based settings that serve diverse racial/ethnic minorities and how to transition them into the healthcare system for necessary diagnostic follow-up and care for dementia. Using Korean Americans as an example, we propose to test trained community health workers as an effective and sustainable approach for early detection of dementia and care in racial/ethnic minority communities with limited resources.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PLAN

The study intervention, PLAN is a multifaceted intervention led by trained CHW. It consists of two main components: dementia literacy education and phone counseling with navigation assistance through (1) 1-hour visit for dementia literacy education and (2)monthly counseling with navigation assistance

BEHAVIORAL

Standard of Care

The investigators will refer control group participants to participants' primary physicians for follow-up and provide an Alzheimer's Association brochure about signs of dementia and dementia treatment, which is publicly available in Korean.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-20
Primary Completion
2024-12-03
Completion
2024-12-03

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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