The Care for America's Aging Study

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study ID
NCT06021704
Status
Not Yet Recruiting

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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
60 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Enhanced home health aide training in dementia and dementia-related behaviors — BEHAVIORAL
    8 hours (2 instructional days) of enhanced curriculum dementia-specific instruction for home health aides

Study Details

Care for America's Aging is a randomized pilot study investigating whether a home health aide training intervention consisting of enhanced dementia-specific curriculum content will improve: 1) behavioral symptoms of older adult persons living with dementia or cognitive impairment (PLWD/CI) and 2) global health-related quality of life among PLWD/CI and their care partners.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 1, 2026
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Jun 28, 2028
Completion
Sep 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
120 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Home Health Aides with Enhanced Curriculum Training
    The enhanced curriculum of 108 hours of home health aide (HHA) training will constitute the Experimental arm. This arm consists of the 100 hours of the standard curriculum plus an 8-hour enhanced curriculum that includes additional didactic content and a skills practicum on dementia and recognizing and responding to dementia-related behaviors. As with the standard curriculum, the enhanced curriculum will be delivered by the training entity, CCHERS (Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service, Inc.). The enhanced component is delivered over an additional 2 instructional days (10% increase in instructional days from the standard curriculum).
  • No Intervention: Home Health Aides with Standard Curriculum Training
    The standard curriculum of 100 hours of home health aide (HHA) training will constitute the No Intervention arm. This 100-hour training is the standard curriculum that has been used by the training entity, CCHERS (Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service, Inc.), for many years to qualify HHAs to receive certificates from the Massachusetts Home Care Aide Council. The standard curriculum includes 75 hours of basic instruction ("ABC's for Direct Care Workers") and 25 hours of additional content on mental health and dementia topics. The standard curriculum is delivered over approximately on month, or 20 instructional days.

Primary Outcome Measure

Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 6 Months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusetts02114-2696-

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