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Utilizing Senior Companions to Enhance Dementia Care

CompletedNA

Sponsor: University of Minnesota

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease, Dementia

Interventions: PorchLight Project

Countries: United States

The inability of healthcare systems to effectively manage Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) often results in families remaining unaware of important community-based, long-term services and supports (LTSS) that could help to mitigate the negative effects of cognitive impairment. This project will feature a collaboration between Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota to evaluate a novel adaption of the volunteer Senior Companion Program (SCP) to: a) assist families better manage ADRD at home; b) identify and facilitate the use of LTSS; and c) improve engagement with primary care providers throughout the state of Minnesota. If successful, the PorchLight Project will offer a potentially efficient, wide-ranging service model for states and communities to implement for persons with ADRD and their caregiving families.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 21 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criterion for the Senior Companion: 1) be a current volunteer through LSS-MN 2) be willing to complete the CARES® modules and 4-part training session provided by UMN research staff and 3) be 21 years of age or older.

Inclusion criteria for the PWML will be based on one of the following scenarios: 1) the person or their caregiver are concerned about the person's memory loss, 2) the person has a physician diagnosis of ADRD, 3) the caregiver (or PWML) scores 2 or greater on the AD8. The PWML must be 55 years of age or older.

Inclusion criteria for the caregiver is that the individual is 1) 21 years of age or older, 2) self-identifies as someone who provides help to the PWML because of their cognitive impairments, and 3) the care recipient is eligible for the study as per the above criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

A PWML or caregiver will be ineligible if they have a diagnosis of a serious psychiatric illness, their symptoms have worsened in the last 6 months, and they don't receive steady, ongoing treatment for those symptoms.

Locations (1)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States