Status:
COMPLETED
PACT: Providers and Alzheimer's Caregivers Together
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Conditions:
Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The primary goal of the study is documentation of effectiveness of a home-based intervention to reduce caregiver burden related to dementia caregiving, improve caregiver health status, and reduce care...
Detailed Description
This study focuses on an underserved, understudied population: African American and White homebound persons with dementia and their caregivers (CGs). Severe dementia, frailty, multiple disabling co-mo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Care Recipient - Inclusion Criteria (must have all)
- Documented diagnosis of dementia or Mini-Mental State Exam score \<23
- Functional impairment: presence of two IADL (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living) impairment (transportation, shopping) or one Activities of Daily Living (ADL) impairment (bathing, toileting)
- Caregiver - Inclusion Criteria (must have all)
- At least 21 years old
- A family member of the care recipient
- Must have a telephone
- Must plan to remain in the area for the duration of the intervention and follow-up
- Must have been a caregiver for more than 6 months
- Must provide at least 4 hours of supervision or direct assistance per day for the care recipient
Exclusion
- Care Recipient
- Any terminal illness with life expectancy of less than 6 months
- Active treatment (chemotherapy or radiation therapy) for cancer
- More than three acute medical hospitalizations in the past year (other than psychiatric or Alzheimer's Disease related admissions)
- Schizophrenia
- Dementia secondary to head trauma
- Blindness or deafness if either disability prohibits them from data collection or participation in the interventions
- Caregiver
- Any terminal illness with life expectancy of less than 6 months
- Active treatment (chemotherapy or radiation therapy) for cancer
- More than three acute medical hospitalizations in the past year
- Imminent placement of care recipient into a nursing home (within 6 months)
- Involvement in another clinical trial for caregivers, including REACH
- Miscellaneous barriers such as transportation, commitment, hesitancy, etc.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2000
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
November 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00182897
Start Date
October 1 2000
End Date
November 1 2005
Last Update
November 14 2006
Active Locations (1)
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University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38163