Implementing a Family Caregiver Checklist in Primary Care: A Pilot Study

Implementing a Family Caregiver Checklist in Primary Care: A Pilot Study

The goal of this project is to pilot test CHEC (Collaborative Healthcare Encounters with Caregivers) in primary care. CHEC is brief intervention with two components: 1) a checklist to identify the needs and concerns of unpaid/family caregivers who accompany older patients (aged 65+) to their primary care visits and 2) accompanying Tip Sheet for clinicians.

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients

• Age 65-89
• English speaking
• Women and men
• Of varying race/ethnicity
• Accompanied to primary care visits at the Center on Aging by a family caregiver (family caregiver also consents to participating in this study)
• Sufficient cognitive capacity to consent themselves or through a legal representative

Caregivers

• Age 21+
• English speaking
• Women and men
• Of varying race/ethnicity
• Accompany an older adult to his or her primary care visits at the Center on Aging (Older adult also consents to participating in this study)
• Cognitively intact (on basis of a 6-item cognitive screen)

Clinicians

• Age 21+
• Women and men
• Of varying race/ethnicity
• Treat patients at the Center on Aging

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients, caregivers, and clinicians that do not meet the inclusion criteria.
• Patients and caregivers who are deaf or have hearing impairments that limit their ability to answer telephone queries.
• Caregivers who are visually impaired and cannot see well enough to read large print and complete paper-based surveys.
• Patients and/or caregivers whose dyad counterpart does not consent to take part in the study (i.e., Patients gives consent and their caregiver does not).