Improving the Mental Health of Home Health Aides

Accrual rate as measured by the number of participants enrolled divided by the number of months the study is open to enrollment,Refusal rate as measured by the number of participants who refuse to participate divided by the number of eligible participants.,Fidelity to the study protocol as measured by the number of total meeting attendance.,Fidelity to the study protocol as measured by the number of total meeting attendance.,Fidelity to the study protocol as measured by number of sessions completed (participants),Fidelity to the study protocol as measured by number of sessions completed (participants),Fidelity to the study protocol as measured by number intervention components delivered (peer coaches).,Fidelity to the study protocol as measured by number intervention components delivered (peer coaches).,Retention rate as measured by the proportion of participants who provide 6 and 12-month combined data.,Adherence to the intervention as measured by the proportion of participants who completed three or more sessions.,Acceptability as measured by the proportion of participants responding positively to a quantitative exit survey

The goal of this study is to improve the mental health of home health aides, a workforce that
 provides care for adults at home but whose own health has been historically poor. The main
 questions the study aims to answer are:
 
 - Will a health program called Living Healthy, which provides health education and support
 with positive thinking, be used by home health aides and do they like it?
 
 - Does Living Healthy actually improve home health aides' mood compared to what they
 usually do to take care of themselves?
 
 Participants in the study will get an 8-week health program called Living Healthy over 3
 months. Some of the participants will also have a 'peer coach' who is another home health
 aide who's been trained to help them with the program and learn some ways to feel better.
 
 The study will compare the experiences of home health aides who get Living Healthy plus a
 peer coach with those who only get the Living Healthy program.