NCT07182357 · RECRUITING
Designing Care Management for Hospice Transitions for Persons Living With Advanced Dementia
This study tests a structured checklist designed to help home healthcare teams guide families through the transition to hospice care when a loved one has advanced dementia. It is a feasibility study, meaning researchers are checking whether the tool is practical and acceptable to use, not yet whether it improves outcomes at scale. The focus is on enrollment in hospice, timing of that decision, and how satisfied caregivers feel with the support they receive.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion: Care Partners and PLWD Dyad: 1. Care partners of PLWD who have a diagnosis of moderate to severe dementia. 2. Able to provide informed consent HHC Professionals: Care Managers and Field Nurses: 1. Care managers who regularly engage hospice transitions with care partners of PLWD 2. Age 18 or older Medical Providers: 1. Medical providers (e.g., physicians and nurse practitioners) who refer patients for hospice enrollment. 2. Age 18 or older HHC Administrators: 1. Home healthcare administrators who work with the Certified Home Health Agency or the Advanced Illness Management Program that refers patients to hospice care 2. Age 18 or older Exclusion Care Partner and PLWD Dyad 1. Under age 18 2. Care partners who are caring for PLWD with Mild Cognitive Impairment 3. PLWD with Mild Cognitive Impairment HHC Professionals: Care Managers, Medical Providers, Administrators 1. Do not have experience managing hospice transitions for PLWD
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-07-08