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Can senior companions ease the burden of dementia care?

NCT ID NCT03667924

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Minnesota Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested a program called PorchLight Project, where trained senior companions helped families caring for someone with Alzheimer's or dementia. The goal was to connect families with community services and improve their interactions with doctors. Researchers measured things like caregiver stress, depression, and the well-being of the person with dementia. The study involved 44 participants and was completed to see if this volunteer-based model could be a helpful support system.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
PorchLight Project (trained senior companion volunteer program)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that trained volunteers can help families with dementia access community services and improve care interactions.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed study with only 44 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It tested a behavioral program, not a medical treatment, so it cannot cure or slow dementia.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

44 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Apr 2019

Finished

Aug 2020

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.

Ages

21 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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 criterion for the Senior Companion: 1) be a current volunteer through LSS-MN 2) be willing to complete the CARES® modules and 4-part training session provided by UMN research staff and 3) be 21 years of age or older. Inclusion criteria for the PWML will be based on one of the following scenarios: 1) the person or their caregiver are concerned about the person's memory loss, 2) the person has a physician diagnosis of ADRD, 3) the caregiver (or PWML) scores 2 or greater on the AD8. The PWML must be 55 years of age or older. Inclusion criteria for the caregiver is that the individual is 1) 21 years of age or older, 2) self-identifies as someone who provides help to the PWML because of their cognitive impairments, and 3) the care recipient is eligible for the study as per the above criteria. Exclusion Criteria: A PWML or caregiver will be ineligible if they have a diagnosis of a serious psychiatric illness, their symptoms have worsened in the last 6 months, and they don't receive steady, ongoing treatment for those symptoms.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Alzheimer disease dementia

As listed by the trial registrant

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Alzheimer disease Dementia

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • School of Public Health

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

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