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The Living Memory Home: Reducing Grief and Improving Relationships Between Home-Based Patients With ADRD and Their Family Caregivers
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating LMH-4-DCP and LMH-4-DCP access without reminiscence activities for Dyadic Family Caregiver-person With Dementia Online Intervention. Completed, enrolled 74 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate an online platform -- the Living Memory Home for Dementia Care Pairs (LMH-4-DCP) for persons with dementia and their family caregivers to engage in reminiscence activities together and record meaningful memories. The main aims of this study are: * To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the LMH-4-DCP platform. * To explore the potential for LMH-4-DCP to reduce feelings of pre-loss grief and enhancing relationship quality in dementia family caregivers and their care-recipients ('Care-Pairs') Care pair participants will be asked to log-in to LMH-4-DCP and complete study activities three times per week for two weeks. Researchers will compare the intervention group to an attention control condition to see if LMH-4-DCP's use is associated with reduced feelings of caregiver pre-loss grief and improved care pair relationship quality at follow-up.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Reminiscence-based intervention for family caregiver-Persons with Dementia (PwD) dyads to record and reflect on meaningful memories to address family caregivers' pre-loss grief and enhance relationship quality.
Participants in the attention control condition will have access to a version of LMH-4-DCP excluding reminiscence-specific activities.