NCT06455163 · RECRUITING
Eerder Erbij: The Path Towards Offering Timely Support for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers
This trial is testing a Dutch program called Eerder Erbij, which means something like Getting Help Sooner. It offers education, information, and group support to people with early-stage dementia and their home caregivers who are not yet using formal care services. The goal is to see whether stepping in earlier reduces caregiver strain, prevents things from getting worse, and lowers care costs over time. This is a pragmatic real-world trial, not a drug study.
You may qualify if
- Informal caregivers can be spouses, relatives, or friends who care for and support the person with dementia without pay. If the caregiver does not live with the person with dementia, they have to visit the person with dementia at least 3 times a week to be eligible for the study.
- The person with dementia must be living at home cared for by the caregiver.
- The person with dementia should have a diagnosis of dementia or experience severe cognitive impairments suggesting dementia. Type of dementia is not an inclusion criterion.
- The person with dementia is not yet receiving formal care related to personal activities of daily living on account of his or her dementia more than once a week (defined by receiving assistance from a paid worker by e.g., health or social care professional as help with dressing/undressing; washing/bathing/showering; toileting; feeding/drinking; or taking medication).
You're excluded if
- Main exclusion criteria for both the caregiver and the person with dementia will be major mental or physical illness, such as major depression or stroke, that would affect their ability to participate in this study.
- Person with dementia or informal caregiver is participating in another intervention or similar support program.
- Dementia is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired brain impairment, Down syndrome, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, or alcohol abuse.
- Inability to give informed consent will also be an exclusion criterion.
- Informal caregiver is younger than 18 years old.
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2024-08-15