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New online program aims to ease loneliness for dementia caregivers

NCT ID NCT05460494

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a web-based program called RELOAD-C designed to reduce loneliness in people caring for a family member or friend with Alzheimer's disease. The program uses short videos and online group discussions based on Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy to help caregivers find more meaning and purpose. 96 caregivers participated, and the study measured changes in loneliness and depression over three months.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

96 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2024

Finished

Jan 2026

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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Inclusion Criteria: * • Self-identify as the care partner of a community-dwelling (i.e. does not live in a nursing home or facility) person with AD/ADRD (diagnosis confirmed via the patients' electronic health record when possible) * report that their role as a care partner is not related to their employment (i.e. they are a family member or friend of the patient) * age 18 or older * English-speaking * competency to participate * access to a telephone, computer, Internet and email * care partners must be lonely, defined as scoring ≥35 on the UCLA Loneliness Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to communicate in English * Under the age of 18 * only one care partner per patient will be allowed to participate * could not have participated in previous Aims (1 or 2) of this study

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Geriatric Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital

    New York, New York, 10075, United States

  • Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States

  • Northwell Health, Institute of Health System Science

    Manhasset, New York, 10022, United States

  • Staten Island University South Hospital

    Staten Island, New York, 10309, United States

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