Planning Ahead with Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Video Intervention to Improve Caregiver Knowledge of Severe Dementia and Medical Care Decisions
Katherine Brandt, Megan Quimby, Bonnie Wong, Lisa M Quintiliani, Amy Marchesano, Alexa Goldstein, Gent Celaj, Inola Howe, Erin Krahn, Raseeka O’Chander, Samantha Krivensky, Michael K Paasche‐Orlow, Angelo Volandes, Brad C Dickerson · 2025
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Brandt and co-authors test whether a video helps family caregivers of people with dementia learn about late-stage care choices. Caregivers often decide on medical care without a clear grasp of what severe dementia brings. Their 2025 trial assigns 130 caregivers by chance to a spoken lesson alone, or the same lesson plus a video, and checks knowledge and confidence right away and over six months.
Knowledge rose in both groups after the lesson, with no edge for the video on test scores. The video group did gain more confidence in what they knew. Choices about comfort care did not differ between groups. Conflict over decisions fell in both groups after the lesson. The authors say plain education already helps, and follow-up analysis continues.
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| CREATOR | Katherine Brandt, Megan Quimby, Bonnie Wong, Lisa M Quintiliani, Amy Marchesano, Alexa Goldstein, Gent Celaj, Inola Howe, Erin Krahn, Raseeka O’Chander, Samantha Krivensky, Michael K Paasche‐Orlow, Angelo Volandes, Brad C Dickerson |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |