Noninferiority of Online Versus In-Person Training for Health Professionals Delivering the COPE Dementia Care Program in PACE Settings
implementation, online training, non-inferiority domains (all p>0.3).After COPE, all caregivers reported significant improvement in the Perceived Change Index (p=0.0034) and increased confidence in managing target behaviors.Conclusions: Online training in COPE was non-inferior to in-person training for clinician competence and PACE participant-caregiver outcomes.These findings support online training as a scalable approach for disseminating evidence-based dementia care programs without compromising effectiveness.
Authors
- Karen B. Hirschman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-7765)
- Catherine Verrier Piersol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4992-8988)
- Emily Summerhayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-3311)
- Li Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3910-3982)
- Caroline McElroy
- Nancy A. Hodgson
- Laura N. Gitlin
- Patricia Pokrandt
Institutions
- Trinity Health (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Jefferson College of Health Sciences (US)
- Drexel University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Jefferson College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Open Science Education and Practice
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.osep.2026.03.004
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging