NCT06860035Recruiting
Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources
Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources: Supporting Caregivers of Home Health Patients With Dementia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Dementia Caregivers' Link to Assistance and Resources (DECLARE) program can improve support of, and engagement with, caregivers of home health patients with dementia. DECLARE includes a caregiver self-assessment that is reported in the home health patient record, and increased access to social work for cases including dementia caregivers. The main questions we aim to answer are: * Will most caregivers who are offered the chance to complete an assessment choose to do so? * Will clinicians report that the assessment information was useful? * Will the rate of social work access increase for cases with patients with dementia who have involved family caregivers? Researchers will compare DECLARE to usual care to see if taking part in the program increases caregiver self-efficacy and access to social work. Participants will: * Answer a short series of assessment questions and questions about their caregiving experiences at the beginning of the home health episode. * Receive a social work visit from a Licensed Social Worker trained in dementia care. * Answer a series of follow-up questions about their caregiving experiences at the end of the home health episode.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 27 Feb 2025
- Start date
- 5 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Visiting Nurse Service of New York
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT06860035
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 200
- From 5 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2026
- 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
- Caregivers are excluded if they are unable to communicate in English.
Who the study is looking for
- Individual must be listed as the caregiver of record for a patient receiving home health care from the partner home health agency and have a phone number on file; the patient must meet the inclusion criteria listed below.
- Home health patient (care recipient) must have a documented dementia diagnosis on the home health assessment, be 65 years or older, and have Traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage as their primary payer for the home health episode.
Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VNS Health Home Care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
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