Testing & Refinement of CarePair: An Assessment and Referral Platform to Support Family Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion: * Currently a primary caregiver of a community-dwelling PwD * Provides at least 10 hours of care per week * ≥18 years of age * Fluent in English * Both the caregiver and care-recipient reside in and/or can easily access one of the following cities/areas: New York City, New York (NY); Long Island, NY; Westchester County, NY; Seattle, Washington (WA); Los Angeles, California (CA) * Provides at least 10 hours of care per week * Has provided care for at least 6 months * Able to use the internet and has internet access * Owns and can operate a smartphone * Able and willing to provide their informed consent to participate for the six-week study duration * Does not self-report any cognitive impairments Exclusion: * Not currently the primary caregiver of a community-dwelling person with dementia * Care-recipient lives in residential care (e.g., assisted living, skilled nursing facility) * ≤18 years of age * Not fluent in English * The caregiver and/or care-recipient resides outside of and/or cannot easily access any of the following cities: New York City (NY); Long Island (NY); Westchester County (NY); Seattle (WA); Los Angeles (CA) * Provides less than 10 hours of care per week * Has provided care for less than 6 months * Unable to use the internet or does not have internet access * Does not own and/or cannot operate a smartphone * Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent to participate for the six-week study duration * Self-reports having a cognitive impairment
About the study
The purpose of this study is to develop and test CarePair, a mobile application-based needs assessment and service referral platform for family caregivers of persons with dementia designed to alleviate stress and promote psychosocial well being.
The main aims of this study are:
* To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the CarePair mobile application. * To explore the potential for CarePair to reduce feelings of depression and burden, and improve caregivers' feelings of self-efficacy.
Caregiver participants will be asked to log in and use the CarePair application and complete study activities for a six-week duration. Researchers will compare the intervention group to an attention control comparator to see if application use is associated with improved psychosocial outcomes at follow-up.
What is being tested
- CarePair (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Southern California · Participants: 80 · Started: Sep 15, 2025
Contact the study team
- Francesca B Falzarano, PhD · Phone: 6464812858
- Annabelle V Greenfield, BS · Phone: 6467809506
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06418971
Locations in the U.S.
| California | University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.