What this means
This trial plans to test a program of eight group sessions about personal memories and the future. It has not started yet, so it cannot tell us whether the program works.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 65 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Autobiographical Time Travel to Alleviate Loneliness in Older Adults
- Trial ID
- NCT07792356 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Aging, Loneliness
- What is tested
- Mental Time Travel Group, Social Engagement Group Activities
- Sponsor
- Baycrest
- Ages
- 65 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Aug 28, 2026 · updated Aug 28, 2026
Registry summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine whether updating fundamental beliefs about self, others and the world using a mental time-travel group program can reduce loneliness and improve well-being in older adults when combined with multimodal social engagement opportunities. Over the span of eight sessions, participants within the experimental group will be guided to complete autobiographical simulations grounded in therapeutic techniques including reminiscence, imagery rescripting and positive future thinking. Participants within the active control group will be instructed to continue with their usual social group activities.
Sites (1)
- Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada