Actively Recruiting
Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living for Dementia Care Providers (PCEAL-DCP)
Led by University of South Florida · Updated on 2026-04-29
792
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
235 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of South Florida
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The palliative care education in assisted living for dementia care providers (PCEAL-DCP) is a 4-week intervention (once a week for 1.5 hours, a total of 6 hours) for licensed nurses, administrators and dementia care coordinators to improve quality of dementia care outcomes
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living for Dementia Care Providers (PCEAL-DCP)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Assisted living communities must have at least 40 beds and provide memory care services to at least 35% of residents
- Assisted living communities must have access to hospice services from Lifepath or Suncoast Hospice
- Residents must have a physician-confirmed dementia diagnosis regardless of severity
- Residents must have been admitted to the assisted living community within the last month
- Residents must have a legally responsible representative who understands English
- Staff must be licensed nurses, administrators, or dementia care coordinators currently employed at participating communities
- Staff must be English-speaking and 21 years or older
- Family members must be legally responsible parties for residents with dementia
- Family members must understand English and be 21 years or older
You will not qualify if you...
- Assisted living communities not licensed in Florida
- Assisted living communities that participated in the PCEAL-DCP trial from 2018 to 2021
- Assisted living communities with no willing staff participants
- Residents currently receiving hospice services
- Residents discharged to nursing homes, hospitals, admitted to hospice, or deceased before baseline data collection
- Staff not licensed as nurses, administrators, or dementia care coordinators, or who resign before baseline data collection
- Family members under 21 years, who do not understand English, or if another legal representative is already participating
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
Actively Recruiting
2
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33620
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Research Team
D
Debra Dobbs, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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