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The Care for America's Aging Study

NCT06021704 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2026-04-01

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Summary

Care for America's Aging is a randomized pilot study investigating whether a home health aide training intervention consisting of enhanced dementia-specific curriculum content will improve: 1) behavioral symptoms of older adult persons living with dementia or cognitive impairment (PLWD/CI) and 2) global health-related quality of life among PLWD/CI and their care partners.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced home health aide training in dementia and dementia-related behaviors

8 hours (2 instructional days) of enhanced curriculum dementia-specific instruction for home health aides

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olivia I Okereke, MD, MS · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2028-06-28
Completion
2028-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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