Can a simple screening stop elder abuse in dementia care?
NCT ID NCT07429591
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to test a risk assessment screening and a caregiver coaching program to prevent elder abuse in people with dementia. Researchers will compare caregivers who receive the screening and coaching to those who do not, looking at stress, depression, and anxiety. The goal is to see if these tools can help reduce mistreatment and improve caregiver well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Risk assessment screening and caregiver coaching intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple way to identify caregivers at risk of mistreating their loved ones and offer support to prevent abuse.
- What could go wrong
- This trial is suspended, so results may never come. It is an early-stage behavioral study, not a drug trial, so the impact is limited to screening and education.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old or older * Speak English or Spanish * Caregiver for a person with Alzheimer's Disease or another type of dementia * Provide substantial care for this person, defined as assisting with at least one activity of daily living or two instrumental activities of daily living * See this person at least twice a week * Have access to the internet Exclusion Criteria: * Under 18 years old * Speak language besides English or Spanish * Caregiver for person who does not have dementia * Do not provide substantial care for this person * Primary relationship between caregiver and person with dementia is that of a professional paid caregiver * Enrolled in another caregiver study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Keck Medicine
Los Angeles, California, 90003, United States
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