STUDY PERIOD | ||||||
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Enrollment | Allocation | Post-Allocation | Close-Out | |||
Time Point | Baseline | 4 Months | 8 Months | 12 Months | Months 13–15 | |
ENROLLMENT | ||||||
Eligibility Screen | ● | |||||
Informed Consent | ● | |||||
Allocation | ● | |||||
INTERVENTION | ● | |||||
Residential Care Transition Module | ● | ● | ● | |||
Usual care control | ● | ● | ● | |||
ASSESSMENTS | ||||||
Outcomes | ||||||
Primary: Primary subjective stress during RLTC • Care-related strain • Zarit Burden | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Secondary: Secondary role stressors • Relative’s level of adjustment • Caregiver adjustment | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Secondary: Residential care stress • Caregiver perception of staff communication with families • Staff support for families • Positive and negative interactions • Family Involvement Interview • Visiting patterns • Frequency of visits | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Secondary: Caregiver depressive symptoms • Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale • Mood Assessment Scale | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Other Variables | ||||||
Context of care • Geographical location • Caregiver and care recipient demographics • Duration and extent of care recipient memory problems • Dementia diagnosis • Medicaid status • Time since RLTC admission | ● | |||||
Context of care • Care recipient living arrangement • Rating of RLTC care | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Primary objective stressors • Care recipient activity of daily living dependencies • Care recipient instrumental activity of daily living dependencies • Care recipient memory impairment • Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Resources • Socioemotional support • Self-rated caregiver health (4 items) • Number and frequency of community-based and health services used • Caregiver activity of daily living dependencies • Caregiver instrumental activity of daily living dependencies • Self-Administered Co-Morbidity Questionnaire • Caregiver self-efficacy • Short Sense of Competence Questionnaire | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Semi-structured interviews | ● |