The Residential Care Transition Module

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

240 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2021-08-30

Brief Summary

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Emerging research on family caregiving and institutionalization has emphasized that families do not disengage from care responsibilities following a relative's admission to residential long-term care settings. The Residential Care Transition Module (RCTM) provides 6 formal sessions of consultation (one-to-one and family sessions) over a 4-month period to those family caregivers who have admitted a cognitively impaired relative to a residential long-term care setting (nursing home, assisted living memory care unit). The proposed mixed method, randomized controlled trial will determine whether and how the RCTM decreases family caregivers' emotional and psychological distress, placement-related strain, and increases relative's transitions back to the community. The RCTM will fill an important clinical and research gap by evaluating a psychosocial intervention designed for families following RLTC placement to determine whether and how this approach can help families better navigate the residential care transitions of relatives with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.

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Detailed Description

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Emerging research on family caregiving and institutionalization has found that families do not disengage from care responsibilities following relatives' admissions to residential long-term care settings. Families instead remain involved in a spectrum of care activities ranging from instrumental activities of daily living to emotional support. Perhaps for these reasons, a number of studies have noted that caregiving stress, depression, or other key outcomes remain stable or sometimes increase following residential long-term care (RLTC) entry for certain types of caregivers. A few interventions have attempted to increase family involvement after institutionalization, but no rigorous studies have demonstrated that these interventions are effective in helping families navigate transitions to RLTC environments.

The Residential Care Transition Module (RCTM) provides 6 formal sessions of consultation (one-to-one and family sessions) over a 4-month period to those family caregivers who have recently admitted a relative to a RLTC setting. In this randomized controlled trial, family members who have admitted a cognitively impaired relative to a RLTC setting will be randomly assigned to the RCTM \[(n = 120)\] or a usual care control condition \[(n = 120)\]. A mixed methods analysis will be used to pursue the following aims: Specific Aim 1: Assess whether the RCTM yields statistically significant reductions in family members' primary subjective stress and negative mental health outcomes; Specific Aim 2) Determine whether family members who receive the RCTM will indicate statistically significant decreases in secondary role strains over a 12-month period when compared to usual care controls; Specific Aim 3) Determine whether RCTM family members report statistically significant decreases in residential care stress when compared to family members in the usual care control group; and Specific Aim 4) Delineate the mechanism of action of RCTM under conditions of high and low success by "embedding" qualitative components (30 semi-structured interviews) at the conclusion of the 12-month evaluation.

The proposed project will fill an important clinical and research gap by evaluating a psychosocial intervention designed for families following RLTC placement that determines whether and how the RCTM can help families better navigate the residential care transitions of cognitively impaired relatives.

Conditions

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Alzheimer Disease Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Treatment Group

The Residential Care Transition Module (RCTM) includes six in-person consultation sessions over a 4-month period conducted by a trained Transition Counselor (TC) with a primary family caregiver (self-identified as the person most responsible for providing on-going assistance to the care recipient in a residential long-term care setting such (RLTC) such as a nursing home or assisted living memory care unit.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

The Residential Care Transition Module

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Residential Care Transition Module sessions focus on the experiences of the caregiver, the care recipient, and (potentially) other family members immediately following residential long-term care (RLTC) admission. The sessions are designed to establish a therapeutic rapport with the caregiver and the family; provide a safe environment to explore stressors; examine family relational dynamics as they relate to the RLTC placement decision itself as well as the roles different family members play in the life of the caregiver and relative in RLTC; identify new modes of communication to facilitate more effective interactions with other family members and care staff; and identify effective ways to advocate for improved quality of care for and quality of life of their relatives in RLTC.

Usual Care Group

The usual care control group will adjust for the social engagement provided to the Residential Care Transition Module (RCTM )treatment condition. The Transition Counselor (TC) will provide quarterly contact calls and the research coordinator will send a bi-annual project newsletter to all participants. If caregivers in the control group initiate contact with the TC for care needs, the TC will provide information and referral support.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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The Residential Care Transition Module

Residential Care Transition Module sessions focus on the experiences of the caregiver, the care recipient, and (potentially) other family members immediately following residential long-term care (RLTC) admission. The sessions are designed to establish a therapeutic rapport with the caregiver and the family; provide a safe environment to explore stressors; examine family relational dynamics as they relate to the RLTC placement decision itself as well as the roles different family members play in the life of the caregiver and relative in RLTC; identify new modes of communication to facilitate more effective interactions with other family members and care staff; and identify effective ways to advocate for improved quality of care for and quality of life of their relatives in RLTC.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Family caregivers of relatives who have received a physician's diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia (ADRD)
* Family caregivers who consider themselves the most involved in visiting and providing assistance to a relative experiencing a long-stay admission to an assisted living, nursing home, memory care, or other residential long-term care setting. Those who share the primary caregiving role equally are also eligible.
* Family caregivers must be English speaking, 21 years of age or older
* Family caregivers on psychotropic medications, such as anti-depressants or anti-psychotics, will be eligible if they have remained on a stable dosage for the last 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Family caregivers who are participating in any other type of service that provides one-to-one psychosocial consultation specifically for caregiving (support group participation is not a deterrent to enrollment, nor is general counseling not specific to caregiving)

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes