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Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources

NCT06860035 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2026-03-13

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources (DECLARE) program can improve support of, and engagement with, caregivers of home health patients with dementia. DECLARE includes a caregiver self-assessment that is reported in the home health patient record, and increased access to social work for cases including dementia caregivers. The main questions we aim to answer are:

* Will most caregivers who are offered the chance to complete an assessment choose to do so?
* Will clinicians report that the assessment information was useful?
* Will the rate of social work access increase for cases with patients with dementia who have involved family caregivers?

Researchers will compare DECLARE to usual care to see if taking part in the program increases caregiver self-efficacy and access to social work.

Participants will:

* Answer a short series of assessment questions and questions about their caregiving experiences at the beginning of the home health episode.
* Receive a social work visit from a Licensed Social Worker trained in dementia care.
* Answer a series of follow-up questions about their caregiving experiences at the end of the home health episode.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer Disease or Associated Disorder
  • Dementia

Interventions

OTHER

Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources (DECLARE)

The intervention for treatment branches includes two parallel processes: (1) calling eligible caregivers to field a self-assessment instrument and upload caregiver responses to the patient record, and (2) identifying and flagging cases for expedited social work access with dementia-trained social workers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Visiting Nurse Service of New York

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julia G Burgdorf, PhD · Center for Home Care Policy & Research, VNS Health

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-05
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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