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PorchLight Program for Alzheimer's Disease

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by University of Minnesota
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, 6 months, and 12 months
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial is to test the feasibility of delivering a program called the PorchLight Project as part of routine onboarding for senior support volunteers. The University of Minnesota is assisting in survey item selection, randomizing the LSS-MN regions for the initial phases of the trial, analyzing the data, and disseminating the results.

Who is the study for?
The PorchLight Project is for volunteers, clients with memory loss or dementia (including Alzheimer's), and their caregivers involved in the LSS-MN Caregiver & Companion Program. Eligible participants include those who have completed required training and surveys by LSS-MN. Excluded are individuals under 18, clients without memory loss, and volunteers who haven't finished the PorchLight program training.
What is being tested?
This trial tests a training program called PorchLight for senior support volunteers working with people experiencing memory loss or dementia. The University of Minnesota will help select survey items, randomize regions for evaluation purposes, analyze data provided by LSS-MN, and publish results.
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves a non-medical intervention (training program), traditional side effects associated with medications are not applicable. However, there may be indirect impacts on volunteer-client interactions which will be monitored through regular surveys.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 6 months, and 12 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 6 months, and 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Change in Caregiver Burden [Caregivers only]
Change in De Jong Gierveld Scale [Clients only]
Change in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Global Health Scale [All participants]
+1 more
Secondary study objectives
Program Cost-Effectiveness
Other study objectives
Change in Experience/impact/satisfaction related to LSS programming [All participants]
Change in Live Well at Home Rapid Screen [Clients only]
Change in Self-Efficacy (Fortinsky, Kercher, & Burant) [Caregivers only]
+1 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: PorchLightExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of MinnesotaLead Sponsor
1,431 Previous Clinical Trials
1,620,234 Total Patients Enrolled
Lutheran Social Service of MinnesotaUNKNOWN
Brown UniversityOTHER
466 Previous Clinical Trials
698,557 Total Patients Enrolled
~217 spots leftby Jun 2026
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