Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D)
Study Phase: N/A
Recruitment Status: Recruiting
Start Date: February 19, 2025
End Date: June 30, 2027
Inclusion Criteria:
- Recent (~3 month) chart documented ADRD diagnosis,
- ADRD symptom onset after age 65
- Cognitive assessment scores and symptoms consistent with early stage dementia, as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale scores of .5 or 1.0
- Cognitive awareness of their problems (as determined by the treating neurologist), and ability to understand study and research protocol, as determined by a standardized teach-back method assessment Additional inclusion criteria for dyads are:
- English speaking adults (18 years or older)
- Dyad lives together
- At least one partner endorses clinically significant emotional distress during screening (>7 on Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale subscales or <5 on the Geriatric Depression Scale)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient is deemed inappropriate by the neurology team
- Either partner has a co-occurring terminal illness
- Patient was diagnosed with forms of dementia with clinical profiles that would preclude participation (e.g., Frontotemporal Dementia- behavioral variant), as determined by treatment team.
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Conditions:
- Dementia