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Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-624-6172
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Projects List |
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Family Caregiver Transition Support - Nursing Home Study (FaCTS) |
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Principal Investigator: |
Richard Schulz, Gerontology, UCSUR
Jules Rosen, MD, Department of Psychiatry
Nick Castle, PhD, Graduate School of Public Health
Lalith K. Solai, MD, Department of Psychiatry |
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Funder: |
National Institute of Nursing Research |
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Period: |
July 2007 to May 2012 |
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Overview: |
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of an intervention designed to enhance health and quality of life of caregivers and their placed relatives by focusing on caregivers who recently placed their relative in a long-term care facility. Vulnerable family caregivers will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: 1) in the active intervention condition, caregivers of recently-placed residents will receive a multi- component intervention designed to target three areas of need - emotional well-being, knowledge and procedures of nursing homes, and end-of-life care planning; 2) in the information-only control condition, caregivers will receive treatment as usual with the addition of written information about areas of need identified for the active treatment intervention. The intervention will be delivered within a 6-month period and caregivers and their care recipients will be followed for an 18-month period with assessments occurring at 6- month intervals. |
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