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Heart Failure Resilience Intervention for Caregivers (HEROIC)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating HEROIC for Heart Failure and Caregivers. Completed, enrolled 33 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Heart failure (HF) patients with supportive caregivers have better physical health, emotional health, and quality of life. But caregivers have an increased risk of caregivers' own worsening health and often feel a sense of burden related to caregiving. However, caregivers receive very little support to balance caring for the patient with caring for themselves. Therefore, this research will provide a program for caregivers of advanced heart failure patients to build on the caregiver's strengths, sense of purpose, and set goals for healthy lifestyle changes. The investigators believe that caregivers who receive the program will have better quality of life, less sense of burden, and a healthier lifestyle.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The HEROIC intervention will include individualized, nurse-led sessions focused on; 1. a whole-person assessment including preventive health behaviors, personal goals, and purpose in life 2. discussion of caregiving in the context of the caregiver's identified 'purpose' which supports meaning-making and provides rationale for goal-setting 3. co-development of a plan to address caregiver goals to improve preventive health behaviors and/or reduce caregiver burden 4. 'walking meetings' to model the importance of exercise while discussing incremental action plans to help caregivers achieve goals.