New program aims to ease dementia caregiver burden during nursing home transitions
NCT ID NCT06840587
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called Connect-Home ADRD that helps nursing home staff and caregivers support dementia patients when they move to home, assisted living, or long-term care. About 360 patients and their caregivers will take part. The goal is to see if the program reduces caregiver strain and improves patient symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Connect-Home ADRD (a behavioral program for nursing home staff and caregivers)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a standard way to support dementia patients and their caregivers during stressful moves from nursing homes to other settings.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early study with 360 participants, and the program may not reduce caregiver strain or patient symptoms as hoped. Results may not apply to all nursing homes or families.
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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 360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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19 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: Patients: * Ability to speak English * Goal of discharge to home, assisted living, or long-term care * Diagnosis of dementia * Having a caregiver willing to participate Caregivers: * Ability to speak English * Legally authorized representative (LAR) who also provides support for the person with ADRD Inclusion criteria for SNFs: * Location within 120 miles of UNC-Chapel Hill * Admission of at least 75 SNF patients per year Exclusion Criteria: Patients: * Planned hospital readmission for procedures or treatments within 30 days post enrollment. Caregivers: * LAR is a court-appointed guardian.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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