Tai Po Hidden Carers Support and Home-Based Respite Project (VRDCFIn-home2)

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Caregiver Wellbeing

Treatments: Other: Crisis management; Other: Case follow-up; Other: 30 hr Respite Service; Other: Phone Check-in

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07004855

EA250321

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this study is to identify and support hidden caregivers of older adults. Caregivers are assessed before the intervention on their mental well-being and social connectedness. Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. They will receive different types of services (intervention) accordingly. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Full description

"All participants will provide informed consent at the time of enrolment. Both caregivers and their care recipients will complete an assessment. Caregivers are screened for their physical health, mental well-being, social engagement, and social connectedness. Care recipients are screened for their physical health and capacity in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.

Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. Caregivers in low level will receive case follow-up service, those in mild level will receive regular phone check-in, those in moderate level will receive a maximal of 30 hours of respite service within 6 month, and those in high level will receive professional counselling. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Enrollment: 380 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Provide ADL/IADL assistance to at least one older adult (aged 60+),
• Not currently using any types of respite service,
• Able to communicate in either Cantonese, English or Mandarin
• Voluntarily participate

Exclusion criteria

• The care recipient is not living in the community

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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380 participants in 4 patient groups

Caregiver - Low level

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers in low level will receive case follow-up service from social workers

Treatment:

Other: Case follow-up

Caregiver - Mild level

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers in mild level will receive regular phone check-in and on-demand services provided by volunteers

Treatment:

Other: Phone Check-in

Caregivers - Moderate level

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers in moderate level will receive 30 hours of respite service within 6 months

Treatment:

Other: 30 hr Respite Service

Caregiver - High level

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers in high level will receive crisis management and counselling from social workers and professionals.

Treatment:

Other: Crisis management