The study team will conduct an uncontrolled pre-pilot test of an adapted PATH-Care intervention with family CGs of persons with ADRD (target N=15). Following the informed consent process, screening, and enrollment, participants will complete a baseline assessment, 8 PATH-Care sessions with short feedback interviews, tablet-based exercises, and a post-intervention assessment.~Primary Objective(s): To adapt the existing PATH intervention as a tool to mitigate negative emotions and stress experienced by informal CGs of individuals with ADRD, by employing an evidence-based user-center design protocol and obtaining additional suggestions for program refinement through an uncontrolled usability study.
The proposed pre-pilot project seeks to adapt an evidence-based psychosocial intervention-Pain Adaptation Therapy (PATH)-that employs emotion regulation, behavioral activation, and problem-solving skills training, that will be augmented with a caregiver (CG) education component, for use by CGs of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD).