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Rapid growth in elderly population and higher prevalence of dementia necessitates further attention to dementia. Even though early detection and continuing care are mainstays of dementia care, limited access to dementia diagnosis and dementia care planning for elders could be attributed to factors like low dementia literacy-the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic dementia-related information and services to make appropriate health decisions-and lack of social support. Developing innovative pathways to transition families of individuals with probable dementia into healthcare access for early diagnosis of dementia and timely dementia care planning can benefit patients and the patients' families. To this end, the investigators' study aims are to develop a home-based intervention program for dementia evaluation, education, and care planning and test its feasibility and acceptability in a pilot study.


Clinical Trial Description

This research is being done to understand how an education and navigation support program led by trained Nurse Practitioners (NPs) helps older adults with probable dementia and the patients' caregivers. In a 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 40 dyads, the investigators' aims are to (1) test the effect of a community-based intervention delivered by trained NPs for undiagnosed older adults with probable dementia and the patients' caregivers, (2) evaluate the effect of the PLAN on improving caregiver's dementia literacy, self-efficacy in dementia care and service use, social support, depression, and quality of life at 6 months in comparison to a group of participants who receive a copy of the publicly available educational material, and (3) examine whether the effect of PLAN differs across age, sex, and education caregiver subgroups. Aim 1 tests the following hypotheses: older adults with probable dementia who receive the PLAN will have higher rates of linkage to medical service for dementia than those in the control group. Aim 2 tests the following hypothesis: caregivers in the PLAN group will have higher dementia literacy, self-efficacy in dementia care and service use, social support, and quality of life, and lower depression than those in the control group. ;


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NCT number NCT05225818
Study type Interventional
Source Johns Hopkins University
Contact
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
Start date June 1, 2022
Completion date March 31, 2024

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