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WEB-BASED SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR CAREGIVERS OF VETERANS WITH DEMENTIA DISCHARGED FROM SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES TO HOME

NCT07387614 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2026-02-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether an evidence-based caregiver support program (Hospital GamePlan4Care) can benefit caregivers of hospitalized Veterans with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia who are discharged to skilled nursing facilities prior to returning home. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is Hospital GamePlan4Care feasible and acceptable to caregivers?
* Does Hospital GamePlan4Care improve caregiver-reported outcomes?

Researchers will compare Hospital GamePlan4Care to health education to see if it improves caregiver reported outcomes.

Participants in the Hospital GamePlan4Care arm will receive tailored skills training and support. Participants will be asked to:

* Complete tailored skills training on the Hospital GamePlan4Care website
* Complete four phone calls with a dementia care specialist to receive tailored training and support
* Complete questionnaires at enrollment, one month, and three months after enrollment.
* Complete an interview at three months

Participants in the health education arm will receive education materials for caregivers. Participants will be asked to:

* Review the education materials
* Complete four phone calls with a dementia care specialist to review the materials
* Complete questionnaires at enrollment, one month, and three months after enrollment.

Conditions

  • Caregivers

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Hospital GamePlan4Care

The Hospital GamePlan4Care intervention will include access to a written VA Care Transitions handbook, access to the GamePlan4Care website for skills training, 11 emails encouraging them to visit the website, and four phone calls with a dementia care specialist to tailor the training to the caregiver's needs over a 3-month period

OTHER

Health Education

Caregivers in the health education arm will receive a VA Care Transitions Handbook, 4 emails with a weblink to a general caregiving topic, and 4 phone calls to confirm that the emails were received over a 3-month period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-17
Primary Completion
2027-02-17
Completion
2027-02-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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