What this means
A trial is comparing two hospital programs for older patients. One adds family members and care partners, and it is still recruiting, so no results exist yet. This does not show whether either program works.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 70 and over
- Where
- 7 sites, including California, Maine, Michigan
The science
- Registered title
- Evaluating Novel Healthcare Approaches to Nurturing and Caring for Hospitalized Elders
- Trial ID
- NCT05929703 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Delirium, Neurocognitive Disorders, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Aging, Family Support, Family Members, Caregiver Burden, Implementation Science, Patient Satisfaction
- What is tested
- HELP, FAM-HELP
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Ages
- 70 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Jul 3, 2023 · updated Sep 8, 2026
Registry summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) with a family-augmented version of HELP (FAM-HELP), that includes family members and care partners, for the prevention of delirium in older patients during hospital admission. The main objectives of the trial are the following:
- To compare the effectiveness of FAM-HELP and HELP in reducing both the incidence of delirium and its severity.
- To compare the effectiveness of FAM-HELP and HELP in improving patient- and family-reported outcomes.
- To explore the implementation context, process, and outcomes of the FAM-HELP program in diverse hospital settings.
Sites (7)
- Saddleback Medical Center, Orange, California, United States
- MaineHealth, Portland, Maine, United States
- Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Meriter Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
More aging trials in these states
California · Maine · Michigan · Pennsylvania · Utah · Wisconsin