Home help for dementia caregivers: study ends early with few answers
NCT ID NCT04732312
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if introducing formal home help (like a paid aide) improves the quality of life for people caring for elderly relatives with memory or thinking problems. Researchers planned to follow 12 caregivers for 90 days, measuring changes in their well-being, stress, and burden. However, the study was terminated early, so the results are limited and not conclusive.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
12 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Mar 2019
- Finished
-
Oct 2019
- Lead sponsor
-
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.
Who is studied
Elderly people with neurocognitive disorders benefiting from a home support program (personalized autonomy allowance for seniors program).
- Ages
-
60 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: * Patient 60 years of age or older * Diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders * MMSE score less than or equal to 26 * GIR score inferior or equal to 4 * Introduction of formal home help (personalized autonomy allowance for seniors program) * Patient living in Haut-Rhin department (France) * Patient receiving regular informal help at home (at least once a week) * Availability of the current home helper to participate in the sudy * Non-opposition to participation in the study Exclusion criteria: * Introduction of formal home care not related to the personalized autonomy allowance program * Patient under legal protection
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Age-related cognitive decline are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
GHRMSA
Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, 68100, France
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Mozart's sonata may tame seizures in children
- Brain games may hold key to delaying dementia
- Could a lifestyle makeover keep your brain sharp?
- Laughing gas tested as rapid depression treatment for dementia patients in nursing homes
- Brain scans may sharpen diagnosis of cognitive disorders
- Study probes whether exercise and meditation shield aging brains from stress damage