CONFIDENCE-AI Financial Education for Caregivers (CONFIDENCE-AI)

Case Western Reserve University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Financial Stress; Caregiver Burden; Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: CONFIDENCE-AI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06134180

STUDY20230876

Details and patient eligibility

About

The intervention being tested, CONFIDENCE-AI is a refined version of the original CONFIDENCE intervention made to reduce psychological financial strain and improve management of out-of-pocket care costs while increasing caregiver resourcefulness skills. Participants will be asked to participate in a 4-week intervention that includes participation in four, synchronous group-based Zoom sessions as well as between-session activities to apply learning. Participants will also receive tailored text message notifications from the NeuViCare AI-powered app via text and will be able to submit questions to the app to receive financial well-being information related to caregiving.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-identified caregiver to a person living with probable Alzheimer's disease or related dementia
• Person living with dementia meets stage 4 to 6 criteria on Global Deterioration Scale according to the family caregiver
• Has been at least 6 months since the care recipient began to experience dementia symptoms
• Latino/Hispanic ethnicity.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who plan to place their family member in a nursing home in the next 3 months
• Unreliable access to internet, tablet or smart phone, and email
• Does not agree to participate in at least 3 of the 4 group sessions and/or register for the NeuViCare app
• Unable to read and speak in English or Spanish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

CONFIDENCE AI

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will attend the 4-week CONFIDENCE-AI Program. This program will include attending 4 group-based sessions delivered by videoconference. Each session will last approximately 1.5 hours each and will cover topics such as how to budget, accessing community resources to displace the out-of-pocket costs of caregiving, asking for help, and more. Participation will be supplemented by access to a digital app to support engagement, such as through text messaging and resources navigation support.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CONFIDENCE-AI