Online Self-Management Workshop for Rural Dementia Caregivers

What Is This Study About?

Rural caregivers may experience isolation and lack of access to care. Building Better Caregivers is an online, six-week workshop for rural caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias that is designed to address social support and skills-building in order to reduce stress and depression. Study participants will be randomly assigned to either participate in the workshop or to receive two brief 15- to 30-minute phone calls and educational materials and resources while they wait to be moved into the workshop group. Rural caregivers will be recruited throughout the United States.

Do I Qualify To Participate in This Study?

Must have:

• Caregiver for a person with dementia
• Able to read and write in English
• Able to access the internet
• Provides care for at least 10 hours per week
• Reports a minimum stress level of 4 or more on a 10-point scale
• Lives in rural area of the United States (self-identified, or zip code is a Rural Urban Commuting Area Code)

Must NOT have:

• Anticipated inability to complete the 12-month follow-up (e.g., planned travel)

If I Qualify, Who Do I Contact?

Contact study personnel listed either under the general study contact or the location nearest you.

 

Where Is This Study Located?

California
University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94118 Recruiting Veronica Yank, MD 415-476-9654 veronica.yank@ucsf.edu

Who Sponsors This Study?

Lead: University of California, San Francisco

Collaborator Sponsor

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04428112