NCT07004855

Tai Po Hidden Carers Support and Home-Based Respite Project

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 380 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to identify and support hidden caregivers of older adults. Caregivers are assessed before the intervention on their mental well-being and social connectedness. Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. They will receive different types of services (intervention) accordingly. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Detailed description

"All participants will provide informed consent at the time of enrolment. Both caregivers and their care recipients will complete an assessment. Caregivers are screened for their physical health, mental well-being, social engagement, and social connectedness. Care recipients are screened for their physical health and capacity in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. Caregivers in low level will receive case follow-up service, those in mild level will receive regular phone check-in, those in moderate level will receive a maximal of 30 hours of respite service within 6 month, and those in high level will receive professional counselling. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Conditions

• Caregiver Wellbeing

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	30 hr Respite Service	Caregivers will be provided with 30 hours of respite service within 6 months. Trained substitute caregivers will provide in-home elderly-sitting service.
OTHER	Case follow-up	Case follow-up service provided by social workers. Social workers will call the caregiver regularly to see if situation changes.
OTHER	Crisis management	Crisis management and councelling provided by social workers and professionals.
OTHER	Phone Check-in	Regular phone check-in and on-demand services (e.g., escort to hospital) provided by volunteers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-01
• Primary completion: 2028-06-30
• Completion: 2028-06-30
• First posted: 2025-06-04
• Last updated: 2025-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong