NCT07220486

Behavioral Health Program for Short-Stay Nursing Facility Residents & Care Partners

Building Resilience in Skilled Nursing Care: A Behavioral Health Intervention for Residents & Care Partners

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a behavioral health program (Interventions for Stressful Transitions in Later Life, InSTILL) for skilled nursing facility residents and their primary support person. The main questions it aims to answer is whether the program is program is feasible, satisfactory, and helpful. The researchers will compare the InSTILL program to minimally enhanced usual care. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the InSTILL program or minimally enhanced usual care. Participants will complete assessments at three timepoints (all) and a brief-exit interview.

Conditions

• Nursing Home Resident
• Skilled Nursing Facility
• Depression
• Feasibility Studies
• Caregiver

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Interventions for Stressful Transitions in Later Life	The Interventions for Stressful Transitions in Later Life (InSTILL) intervention is for skilled nursing facility residents and their care partners experiencing elevated levels of psychological distress. The intervention is designed to improve life management skills, emotion regulation skills, and dyadic coping skills with the goal of reducing depression symptoms among both dyad members (i.e., resident and care partner).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-11-05
• Primary completion: 2027-09-01
• Completion: 2028-05-01
• First posted: 2025-10-24
• Last updated: 2025-11-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States