Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Code:

NCT07227558

Conditions

Shared Care

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

GRACE

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering a home care role and preference guide to up to 50 family caregivers and home care aides of persons living with disability for the purpose of identifying roles between family caregivers and home care aides.

Conditions

Shared Care

Study ID

NCT07227558

Start date

Apr 14, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Home care agency aide:

  • English speaking,
  • home care aides, personal care aides, or personal care aides, providing services to older adults with ADRD.
2. Family or unpaid caregiver eligible for the study if:

  • 18 years and older
  • English speaking
  • hear well enough to communicate by telephone
  • identify themselves as the primary family member or unpaid (friend/companion) caregiver

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Home care aides are ineligible if:

  • non-English speaking
  • certified nursing assistants, nursing assistant, home health aides, or medication technicians.
2. Family/unpaid caregivers ineligible if:

  • less than 18 years old
  • non-English speaking
  • do not hear well enough to communicate by telephone
  • two or more incorrect answers or not being able to respond to a validated 6-item telephone screening instrument
  • are not identified as the person's primary caregiver, or are paid for services.

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: GRACE

Role and preference guide for family caregivers and home care aides

Interventions

GRACE

GRACE- Guide for Role Awareness and Care Engagement is a role and preference guide designed to improve information sharing and clarify role expectations between family caregivers and home care aides of older adults. This guide will outline the various domains of providing care services and preferences for older adults such as daily routine and preferred activities. The intervention will be delivered in-person to the family caregiver and home care aide at the care recipient's home.

Primary outcome measure

  • Acceptability as assessed by survey [ Time Frame: 2 week and 4 weeks ]
  • Feasibility as assessed by survey [ Time Frame: 2 week and 4 weeks ]
  • Low Social Engagement as assessed by survey question [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]
  • Caregiver is Overwhelmed as assessed by survey question [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]
  • Caregiver Distress assessed by survey question [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]
  • Caregiver Continuity assessed by survey item [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]
  • Caregiver Preparedness assessed by The Caregiving Preparedness Scale (CPS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]
  • Relational Coordination assessed by survey [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]
  • Direct Care Worker Job Satisfaction assessed by survey question [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]
  • Number of participants with new Direct Care Worker [ Time Frame: 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Valecia Hanna, MS

4432202389vhanna1@jhu.edu

Locations

Johns Hopkins University

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

More Information

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Last update posted

Aug 12, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Shared Care
  • Family Caregiving
  • Paid Caregiving

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on 2026-08-12.