2.3. Sample
ADRD
MAY, LITTLE
The study took place in collaboration with the SCPs in Dallas, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Study participants were senior companion–caregiver dyads that included senior companions recruited from SCPs in three sites as well as African American family caregivers of community-dwelling older adults with ADRD who were part of an SCP. The final sample size for the present study consisted of 20 dyads at baseline. Baseline data were collected and the intervention began in Dallas in May 2019, in Little Rock in September 2019, and in Baton Rouge, in January 2020. However, due to the challenges and risks of conducting an in-person intervention during COVID-19, data collection was suspended in March 2020. Thus, only 11 caregivers completed the post- and follow-up tests. Additionally, the Baton Rouge site intervention was not completed due to COVID-19 (e.g., senior companions were not allowed to meet with families due to health risks, the university did not permit the researchers to travel, the IRB did not permit in-person data collection). Of this sample, a total of 7 caregivers agreed to and completed a follow-up qualitative interview. 