Savvy System Project
Caregiver Burnout, Dementia
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Caregiver Burnout focused on measuring People Living With Disability, PLWD, Caregiver, Interventionist, Distance education, Savvy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Organizational Leaders
- Able to understand and speak English
- Affiliated with an organization serving caregivers for family members living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
- 18 years or older
Interventionists
- Able to understand and speak English
- Affiliated with a participating organization
- 18 years or older
Caregivers
- Able to understand and speak English
- Caregiver for a person living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (PLWD) who is providing informal care for at least 3 hours a day. PLWD should not be bound for institutional care within the next 6 months.
- 18 years or older
Sites / Locations
- School of NursingRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Savvy Participants
Interventionists
Organizational Leaders
Using an on-line survey method, each caregiver will be asked to complete the post-program fidelity monitoring survey that seeks responses to the program (feel more knowledgeable, more competent, better equipped, etc.) and asks them to assess the interventionist's performance and verify that certain key elements of the program were covered.
Three recorded semi-structured video interviews will be conducted with each interventionist. One will occur immediately after training; this will focus on their sense of the completeness and adequacy of the training program, including the training methods, videos, and materials, and their perceived readiness to lead the program. Another interview will be done immediately after the conduct of each of the two Savvy programs they lead, asking them to report on their own performance as interventionists, including any adaptation processes in which they might have engaged, and to reflect on ways the training might be improved to strengthen their skills, including for adaptation. In total: 18 interviews.
Recorded semi-structured video interviews with sponsoring organizations' key contact persons will be conducted immediately after the interventionist training and then after each of two Savvy offerings. The conversation will focus on identifying ways to strengthen and improve the training, certification, and fidelity monitoring system. Information about time and resource costs of the program, caregiver demand, and caregiver recruitment and feedback (3 interviews per organization) will be also collected.