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Jockey Club Stand-by-U Caregivers Community Support Project: In-home Respite for Caregivers of Older Adults

NCT06981117 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5166

Last updated 2025-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to investigate whether the in-home respite service model is effective in relieving caregiver's burden and improving their mental wellbeing. Caregivers are triaged into four levels of needs using a self-developed screening tool. Those screened as mild and moderate levels are admitted to the study, while those in low or high-needs levels are referred to other services.

Caregivers admitted in this study will receive either 12 or 36 hours of in-home respite services as the intervention. Trained volunteers or substitute caregivers will visit their home to take care the older adults, providing several hours of free time for the caregivers.

Assessments are conducted before and immediate after the intervention, and 3, 6, 12 months after the completion of intervention, to measure the changes in mental wellbeing of the caregivers.

A control group with no respite service provided is recruited to compare the effects in the changes of mental wellbeing.

Conditions

  • Caregiver Burnout
  • Caregiver Wellbeing

Interventions

OTHER

12 hr Respite Service

12 hours of respite service within 3 months will be provided by volunteers. Volunteers will provide elderly-sitting service (accompany the care recipient) during the service session, and provide cognitive training or physical training to the care recipient if situation allows.

OTHER

36 hr Respite Service

36 hours of respite service within 3 months will be provided by substitute caregivers. Substitute caregivers will provide elderly-sitting service (accompany the care recipient) during the service session, and provide cognitive training or physical training to the care recipient if situation allows.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vivian Weiqun Lou · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-01
Primary Completion
2027-07-31
Completion
2027-10-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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