Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior and Improve Coping Strategies
266 family caregivers will be randomly assigned to either immediate intervention or delayed intervention groups. All caregivers will complete baseline surveys and 3 weeks of daily diaries. The immediate intervention group will receive 12 weeks of CuRB-IT. They will complete 3 rounds of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12 week intervals for the next 33 weeks. The delayed intervention group will receive 12 weeks of attention, complete 1 round of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey, then complete 12 weeks of CuRB-IT, and complete 2 rounds of 3--week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12-week intervals for the next 18 weeks.
• 1)Caregiver of any race or gender who is aged \>18 years
• 2\) provides unpaid care,
• 3\) cares for a spouse/common-law, sibling, parent or grandparent (or in-law, aged 60+ years),
• 4\) lives with or shares cooking facilities with the care recipient,
• 5\) Care recipient has mild cognitive impairment or dementia as identified using the Quick Dementia Rating System instrument,
• 6\) the care provided consists of help with at least 2 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living or one Activity of Daily Living,
• 7\) the care recipient is resistant to receiving assistance with, or refuses to do, at least one instrumental or activity of daily living