What this means
This is a planned study that has not started enrolling people yet. It will test whether better dementia training for home health aides helps behavior and quality of life.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 60 and over
- Where
- 1 site, including Massachusetts
The science
- Registered title
- The Care for America's Aging Study
- Trial ID
- NCT06021704 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Cognitive Impairment, Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
- What is tested
- Enhanced home health aide training in dementia and dementia-related behaviors
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Ages
- 60 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Sep 1, 2023 · updated Jul 6, 2026
Registry summary
Care for America's Aging is a randomized pilot study investigating whether a home health aide training intervention consisting of enhanced dementia-specific curriculum content will improve: 1) behavioral symptoms of older adult persons living with dementia or cognitive impairment (PLWD/CI) and 2) global health-related quality of life among PLWD/CI and their care partners.
Sites (1)
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States