Not Yet RecruitingNot Applicable

Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Enhanced Relationships (KINDER)

United States260 participantsStarted 2026-07-31

Plain-language summary

The Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Enhanced Relationships (KINDER) intervention was developed to prevent psychological elder abuse (EA) and promote high-quality caregiving by lowering relationship strain and developing CG resourcefulness. The goal of this two-arm, randomized control trial is to determine the efficacy of KINDER at mitigating psychological EA by family caregivers to persons living with dementia and to describe how the intervention may work to reduce psychological EA.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Family member, including family of choice, to an individual living with AD/ADRD * Is aged 18 years or older; * Provides assistance with at least two instrumental activities of daily living or one activity of daily living; * Provides at least 4 hours of caregiving per day * The care recipient is at least age 65 or older * The care recipient has early or mid-stage AD/ADRD, as indicated by a score of 4 to 6 on the Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST Scale) Exclusion Criteria: * Sees the care recipient in-person less than 2 times per week * Has plans to place the care recipient in a skilled nursing facility within the next 8 months

What they're measuring

Psychological Elder Abuse

Timeframe: Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention, 12 weeks post-intervention, 24 weeks post-intervention

Quality of Caregiving

Timeframe: Baseline, 2 weeks post-intervention, 12 weeks post-intervention, 24 weeks post-intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07216950

SponsorCase Western Reserve University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2028-11-11

Contact for this trial

Kylie Meyer, PhD

2163681928 knm77@case.edu