NCT02106065

VA Cultivating Access to Resources, Education, and Skills for Dementia Caregivers

Dementia Caregiver Rehabilitation: Enhancing Veteran and Family-Centered Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to study the effects of an education and skill-building intervention on family caregivers of Veterans with dementia.

Detailed description

According to VA estimates, nearly 500,000 Veterans suffer from dementia. There is currently no cure for dementia. Ultimately, dementia will have a large impact on quality of life in Veterans and families, lead to expensive nursing home placement, and decrease life expectancy for patients and family caregivers. The experience of high burden in a caregiver for a Veteran with dementia increases the likelihood of permanent nursing home placement and can separate Veterans from their families. To address the high burden of caring for a Veteran with dementia, the investigators aim to study the effect of a rehabilitative intervention for family caregivers of Veterans with dementia. This novel approach will use video technology that can reach caregivers in rural areas who do not have easy access to major VA medical centers.

Conditions

• Dementia
• Caregivers
• Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Brain Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education and Skill-Building Rehabilitation (ESBR)	ESBR intervention consists of four, 90-minute sessions over a 4-6 week period. These four sessions are supplemented with booster sessions at 3 and 9 months post-intervention. Each group session (10 or fewer participants) is attended either in-clinic or via video telehealth technology within the VAPAHCS.
OTHER	Supplemental Education Materials	Participants randomized to the Usual Care (UC) group will receive supplemental educational materials related to aging and dementia.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-21
• Primary completion: 2019-09-30
• Completion: 2019-09-30
• First posted: 2014-04-07
• Last updated: 2021-08-13
• Results posted: 2021-08-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States