NCT06021704Not yet recruiting
The Care for America's Aging Study
Care for America's Aging (CfAA): A Study to Improve Behavioral and Quality of Life Outcomes of Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Care Partners
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Care for America's Aging is a randomized pilot study investigating whether a home health aide training intervention consisting of enhanced dementia-specific curriculum content will improve: 1) behavioral symptoms of older adult persons living with dementia or cognitive impairment (PLWD/CI) and 2) global health-related quality of life among PLWD/CI and their care partners.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 28 Aug 2023
- Start date
- 1 Oct 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT06021704
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 120
- From 1 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Clinical severity of dementia that is moderate or greater
Other
- Discharge to Medicare short-term rehab only
- Lack of care partner
- Enrolled in palliative care (projected survival \< 6 months)
- Any active clinical issues barring safe participation
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)-blind score below cutoff
- University of California, San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC) score below cutoff
Who the study is looking for
- Age 60 years and above
- Patients in Mass General Brigham healthcare system
- Mild cognitive impairment or dementia diagnosis of no greater than mild-moderate severity
- Discharge plan includes referral to home care services
- As all surveys have been validated in English, we will limit participation to potential participants able to read English.
Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
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