Living Memory Home-4-Dementia Care Pairs

The Living Memory Home: Reducing Grief and Improving Relationships Between Home-Based Patients With ADRD and Their Family Caregivers

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an online platform -- the Living Memory Home for Dementia Care Pairs (LMH-4-DCP) for persons with dementia and their family caregivers to engage in reminiscence activities together and record meaningful memories.

The main aims of this study are:

• To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the LMH-4-DCP platform.
• To explore the potential for LMH-4-DCP to reduce feelings of pre-loss grief and enhancing relationship quality in dementia family caregivers and their care-recipients ('Care-Pairs')

Care pair participants will be asked to log-in to LMH-4-DCP and complete study activities three times per week for two weeks. Researchers will compare the intervention group to an attention control condition to see if LMH-4-DCP's use is associated with reduced feelings of caregiver pre-loss grief and improved care pair relationship quality at follow-up.

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the Living Memory Home for Dementia Care Pairs (LMH-4-DCP) web application, a dyadic online psychosocial reminiscence platform, to reduce feelings of pre-loss grief and improve relationship quality in individuals with dementia and their family caregivers ('Care Pairs').

The main aims of this study are:

• To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the LMH-4-DCP platform.
• To explore the influence of the LMH-4-DCP intervention on reducing feelings of pre-loss grief and enhancing relationship quality in the care pair

Caregiver participants randomized to the intervention condition will be asked to log-in to LMH-4-DCP and complete reminiscence activities three times per week for two weeks. Researchers will compare the intervention group to an attention control condition, which includes LMH-4-DCP use without reminiscence-specific features, to see if LMH-4-DCP's use is associated with reduced feelings of caregiver pre-loss grief and improved care pair relationship quality at follow-up.

Inclusion Criteria:

Family Caregivers:

• be a primary source of care for a family member in the early to moderate stages of dementia
• 18 years of age or older
• English-speaking
• able to use the internet and has internet access
• residing in the United States

Exclusion Criteria:

Caregiver exclusion criteria:

• is not the primary family caregiver of the PwD
• under the age of 18-years-old
• exhibits cognitive impairment (by scoring 3 or more on the SPMSQ)
• does not speak English as a primary language.

PwD exclusion criteria:

• severe cognitive impairment detected by the clinical or study staff using validated, brief screening tools (e.g., a score of 8 errors or more on the SPMSQ)
• does not demonstrate capacity to consent (e.g., a score of 9 or fewer errors on the University of California-San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to consent
• PwD is living in a long-term care facility
• does not speak English as a primary language
• is under the age of 18 years old.