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Technology-Based Intervention Pilot Testing

Primary Care Screening and Intervention for Caregiving Assessment and Support for Patients With Dementia: Technology-Based Intervention Usability and Pilot Testing

Who can join

Ages 21 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Caregiver Inclusion Criteria

* 21 years old or older
* Provides care for a patient of Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian who meets the following criteria: (pilot only)

  * Patient is at least 60 years old
  * Patient has diagnosed dementia
  * Patient requires assistance with at least 1 ADL
* Self-identifies as primary informal caregiver for an older adult
* Provides 8 or more hours per week of direct care (may include logistics, oversight, observation, as well as hands-on care, but must include at least some in-person assistance)
* Can read and speak English at a 6th grade level or above
* Not blind or deaf
* No active plan to disengage from providing care to the older adult within the next year
* Ability to travel to the COA or CABR for study activities and/or attend study session(s) virtually through Zoom on their personal device

Caregiver Exclusion Criteria

* Non-fluent English speaker
* Hired caregiver
* Provides care for a patient in hospice care
* Too ill or weak to complete the interviews (per the interviewer)

About the study

This research project has three main goals:

(1) To create a new screening tool that helps primary care doctors spot signs of neglect in older adults with dementia. (2) To design a support program that can be delivered both in person and through a mobile app on Android phones. (3) To run a clinical trial with three groups of participants to find out how effective the screening tool is on its own, and how effective it is when combined with the support program-compared to standard care.

This current phase of the project focuses on parts of goals 1 and 2, as described below.

What is being tested

• SIRENS (behavioral)

Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Participants: 40 · Started: Oct 16, 2026

Contact the study team

• Chelsie Burchett, PhD · Phone: 6469627141

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07146581

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Dementia

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Nov 15, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.