Actively Recruiting
Pilot Study of Hospital GamePlan4Care
Led by VA Office of Research and Development · Updated on 2026-01-08
50
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
68 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Hospital stays are stressful for the family and friends who care for adults with dementia. Following hospital discharge, adults with dementia often have increased care needs, which places new caregiving demands on their family and friends. Family and friends are critical to ensuring that Veterans with dementia can live safely in the community following discharge. Healthcare systems have an opportunity to support family and friends of adults with dementia by addressing dementia-specific caregiving challenges that arise during the transition from hospital to home. The investigators are comparing two different support programs for family and friends of hospitalized adults with dementia. The two programs are Hospital GamePlan4Care and Caregiver Education. Hospital GamePlan4Care was developed with feedback from people who care for Veterans with dementia. Hospital GamePlan4Care helps caregivers build skills to care for someone with dementia recently discharged from the hospital. It includes a written handbook, online training on the Hospital GamePlan4Care website, and phone calls with a dementia care specialist. The online training is tailored to the caregiver. The Caregiver Education program provides information that helps caregivers care for someone recently hospitalized. It includes a written handbook, recommendations for high-quality online resources, and phone calls with a dementia care specialist. Both programs will start when the adult with dementia is hospitalized. Each program lasts at least three months. To be eligible, the caregiver must care for a Veteran with dementia admitted to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Caregivers interested in participating and passing eligibility screening will be enrolled in the study for at least three months. Each enrolled caregiver will have a 50% chance of being enrolled in the Hospital GamePlan4Care group or the Caregiver Education group (like flipping a coin). Both groups will be asked to complete several questionnaires about their needs as a caregiver and their well-being. Questionnaires will be completed at the beginning of the study and one and three months after the Veteran is discharged from the hospital. Each questionnaire should take 30-60 minutes to complete.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Pilot Study of Hospital GamePlan4Care
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- 18 years of age or older
- Provide care for a Veteran with Alzheimer's Disease or related dementias or a Veteran prescribed medication for dementia admitted to Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Veteran must show signs of dementia with an AD-8 score of 2 or greater
- Provide at least eight hours of care or supervision per week to the Veteran with dementia
- Care primarily based on a personal relationship, not financial
- Have access to a telephone
- Have access to a tablet or computer with internet
- Use the computer or tablet to access the internet at least three times per week
- Speak English
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to complete informed consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4211
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Molly Horstman, MD MS
CONTACT
T
Timothy J Zhou, MA
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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