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Project HOPEFUL: A PN-RCT With Implementation Science

University of Florida · with University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · NCT07475039

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 55+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
400
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 5, 2025
Record last updated
March 16, 2026

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What the study is about

This PN-RCT replicates and evaluates an 8-week warm calling treatment (i.e. caring contacts) delivered to older adults receiving home and community-based services (HCBS; classified as "homebound") in 20-30 minute call "dosages", across 3 conditions, while adding in implementation science measures at multiple levels. Conditions include 2 treatment (i.e. treatment provided by helpers trained in a standardized and manualized Belongingness and Empathy training grounded in narrative reminiscence and the befriending literature (BE condition), and treatment provided by helpers trained in BE + a standardized, manualized, and evidence based suicide intervention training, the Aging Variant of LivingWorks ASIST (BE + ASIST condition), and 1 control (no treatment during the trial; opportunity to receive treatment after the 8 weeks). At the conclusion of treatment, acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, useability, and sustainability of the program will be evaluated by interventionists, senior center leadership, and regional leadership.

Being studied: Standardized and manualized warm calls from providers trained in the BE training; Standardized and manualized warm calls from providers trained in the BE training + ASIST training

Conditions: Older Adults (50-90 Years); Mental Health; Depression and Suicide Ideation; Social Functioning; Quality of Life; Thwarted Belongingness; Perceived Burdensomeness

Eligibility criteria

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In order to be eligible as a participant in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Provision of verbal informed consent
  • Classify as an Older Adult (65+)
  • Stated willingness and ability to comply with all study procedures
  • Receive home and community-based services (HCBS) through the Aging Services Network (i.e. HDM (home delivered meals services), CM (congregate meals), etc.)
  • Be affiliated with the triple As and aging entities we have partnered with

In order to be eligible to be a trained provider in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Provision of written informed consent
  • State willingness to comply with all study procedures
  • Be a staff or volunteer within the ASN (Aging Services Network), specifically within the triple As and aging entities we have partnered with
  • Meet Wymann and colleagues (2008) criteria for being a "natural helpers"42 (i.e. be warm, empathic, and having ongoing interaction with participants through one's job role)
  • Be recommended by the aging entity leadership as meeting these qualifications

In order to be eligible to be a leadership personnel in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Provision of written informed consent
  • State willingness to comply with all study procedures
  • Be a in a leadership position within the aging entity or triple A in which we partnered, and have worked with the study team in helping implement the 8 week program

Exclusion criteria for Participants

  • Had a dementia diagnosis, or another form of cognitive impairment, and/or hearing impairment that would preclude phone conversation.
  • Participation in another warm calling behavioral treatment or intervention study simultaneously occurring

Exclusion criteria for trained natural helpers:

  • Does not have ongoing interactions with potential old adult participants (i.e. is a part of an optimized nutrition service provider in which they do not serve the same older adults consistently over time)
  • Participation in another warm calling behavioral treatment or intervention study simultaneously occurring

Exclusion criteria for aging leaders

  • Has not worked with the study team directly in implementing the 8-week treatment
  • Is not familiar with the implementation of the program

Recruiting US locations

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Laura R Shannonhouse, PhD · 352-273-4332 · lshannonhouse@coe.ufl.edu
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