New study aims to ease hospice transitions for dementia patients
NCT ID NCT07182357
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 09, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a care management checklist designed to guide end-of-life care and hospice transitions for people with advanced dementia and their care partners. Researchers will work with a home healthcare agency to see if the checklist is feasible, acceptable, and usable. The study involves 96 participants and focuses on improving the transition process rather than treating the disease itself.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Dementia Care Management Checklist for Hospice Transitions (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical tool to improve end-of-life care and hospice transitions for people with advanced dementia and their families.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 96 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral and may not change outcomes significantly.
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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 96 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: Care Partners and PLWD Dyad: 1. Care partners of PLWD who have a diagnosis of moderate to severe dementia. 2. Able to provide informed consent HHC Professionals: Care Managers and Field Nurses: 1. Care managers who regularly engage hospice transitions with care partners of PLWD 2. Age 18 or older Medical Providers: 1. Medical providers (e.g., physicians and nurse practitioners) who refer patients for hospice enrollment. 2. Age 18 or older HHC Administrators: 1. Home healthcare administrators who work with the Certified Home Health Agency or the Advanced Illness Management Program that refers patients to hospice care 2. Age 18 or older Exclusion Care Partner and PLWD Dyad 1. Under age 18 2. Care partners who are caring for PLWD with Mild Cognitive Impairment 3. PLWD with Mild Cognitive Impairment HHC Professionals: Care Managers, Medical Providers, Administrators 1\. Do not have experience managing hospice transitions for PLWD
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and VNS Health
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10010, United States
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