NCT04856462

The Alzheimer's Companion Engagement (ACE) Project.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Black family caregivers of older adults with Alzheimer's disease and/or related dementias (ADRD), have an increased mortality risk related to pre-existing health conditions and stress. Targeted, culturally responsive, health interventions that help Black ADRD caregivers to effectively manage their own health and use community preferenced ways of coping, can improve caregivers' overall health, perceived ability to provide care for a person with ADRD (self-efficacy), and increases the likelihood that they will experience benefits from caregiving. This clinical trial pilot will test the feasibility of a community based intervention designed to improve health outcomes for Black family caregivers of persons with ADRD.

Detailed description

The proposed intervention is a peer-supportive and facilitator-led video teleconference program that will engage small groups of caregivers weekly over 6 weeks. Each week participants (n = 36, 2-5/group) will receive a different culturally relevant caregiving or personal health strategy to practice. During the support calls, a facilitator will provide an overview of the content covered and each participant will have the opportunity to discuss their past week and how they engaged the weekly strategy, or challenges that came up for them during the week. The format will be structured to ensure that core content is reviewed, and everyone can be equally engaged while flexible enough that caregivers can receive support in the areas they need. A battery of assessment measures will be taken at weeks 1 and 8.

Conditions

• Stress, Psychological
• Adaptation, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education Support	Caregivers engage in a weekly video/teleconference support group with a skilled facilitator to discuss various strategies for managing caregiving stress, challenging behaviors, and personal self-care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-06
• Primary completion: 2025-10-22
• Completion: 2025-10-22
• First posted: 2021-04-23
• Last updated: 2026-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States