CONFIDENCE Financial Education for Caregivers
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine how feasible it is to deliver an online course to reduce out-of-pocket costs of caregiving and reduce financial stress among Latino family caregivers to a family member living with dementia. The investigators hope that that the results of this study will help to reduce high these out-of-pocket costs and improve financial wellbeing for Latino family caregivers. Caregivers will be asked to to participate in 3 online surveys, in addition to participating in 5, 1.5 hour group-based Zoom learning sessions.
Conditions
- Caregiver Burden
- Financial Stress
- Dementia
- Alzheimer Disease
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 50 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Caregiver to someone diagnosed by a physician with probably Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia at least 6 months ago - Latino or Hispanic ethnicity - At least 50 years of age of older - Able to attend 5, 1.5 hour to 2 hour group-based lessons over 5 weeks - No plans to place family member in a facility within the next 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
- Unreliable access to email, a computer and internet access - Does note speak and read English - Previously participated in CONFIDENCE program
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- N/A
- Intervention Model
- Single Group Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental CONFIDENCE Education Intervention |
Participants will attend the 5-week CONFIDENCEProgram. This program will include attending 5 group-based sessions delivered by videoconference. Each session will last approximately 1.5 hours each and will cover topics such as how to budget, accessing community resources to displace the out-of-pocket costs of caregiving, asking for help, balancing employment and caregiving, and more. |
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More Details
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University