Dementia, Family Caregivers, Financial Coaching, Financial Wellbeing
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stage 1a study is to develop and pilot test a research- and community-informed financial counseling and advocacy (FCA) intervention for dementia family caregivers in early and middle adulthood. The main question it aims to answer is: Is a research- and community-informed financial counseling and advocacy intervention usable, feasible and acceptable for dementia family caregivers in early and middle adulthood? Participants will engage in a four-week single group financial counseling and advocacy intervention and complete pre- and post-intervention measures addressing financial well-being, caregiver strain, workplace productivity, and flourishing along with usability, acceptability, and feasibility measures.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALFinancial Counseling and Advocacy
Financial assessment, coaching, self-advocacy support, referrals, educational toolkit, and follow-up
Sponsors
University of Utah
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Caring for a family member, neighbor, or friend with ADRD * Providing care for 20 or more hours per week, * Technology access for Zoom visits * English speaking
Exclusion criteria
* N/A
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) | After intervention completion at 4 weeks | Higher score indicates greater feasibility (Range 4-20) |
| Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) | After intervention completion at 4 weeks | Higher score indicates greater acceptability (Range 4-20) |
| Study Usability | After intervention completion at 4 weeks | Higher score indicates greater usability (Range: 5-25) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Modified Caregiver Strain Index | At baseline and after intervention completion at 4 weeks | Higher score indicates higher caregiver strain (Range: 0-26) |
| Workplace Productivity and Activity Impairment | At baseline and after intervention completion at 4 weeks | Higher score indicates greater presenteeism, absenteeism, work productivity loss, and activity impairment (Range: 0-100) |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Financial Well-Being Scale | At baseline and after intervention completion at 4 weeks | Higher score indicates greater financial well-being (Range: 0-40) |
| Harvard Flourishing Measure | At baseline and after intervention completion at 4 weeks | Higher score indicates greater flourishing in the following domains: Happiness and Life Satisfaction, Mental and Physical Health, Meaning and Purpose, Character and Virtue, and Close Social Relationships, and Financial and Material Stability (Range: 0-10 for each subscale and overall scale score) |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTMegan Thomas Hebdon
Outcome results
None listed