Savvy System Project

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title: Developing a Distance Education System to Train Savvy Caregiver Program Interventionists: Extending Access and Capacity in Community-Based Delivery of Evidence-Based Interventions

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The study goal is to develop a web-based system that uses distance education methods and provides manuals and protocols to train, certify, and monitor the performance of interventionists to deliver the Savvy Caregiver program (Savvy), an evidence-based dementia family caregiver psychoeducation program. The system has a potential to increase the scalability of Savvy.

Clinical Trial Description

The number of People Living With Disability (PLWD) in the U.S. will rise from 5.7 million to 14 million by 2050, and the number of family caregivers who maintain these persons in the community will rise proportionately from 15 million at present. Several psychoeducation programs, including Savvy, have successfully ameliorated the adverse effects of caregiving, but these programs are only minimally available and accessible. The study goal is to develop a web-based system that uses distance education methods and provides manuals and protocols to train, certify, and monitor the performance of interventionists to deliver the Savvy Caregiver program (Savvy), an evidence-based dementia family caregiver psychoeducation program. The system has a potential to increase the scalability of Savvy. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Caregiver Burden
• Caregiver Burnout
• Dementia

• NCT number: NCT04060355
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Emory University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 4, 2021
• Completion date: October 31, 2023