Maximizing Independence at Home (MIND at Home)

Summary

Funded by a unique private philanthropy and public coalition through THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, this project seeks to develop effective ways to deliver dementia care to older adults with memory disorders who live in the community. MIND at Home is an 18 month intervention research study whose goals are two-fold: To partner with community organizations to help proactively identify older adults in the Baltimore community who may need help related to memory disorders; To find out if providing person-centered, coordinated care will help older adults with memory disorders remain at home longer, as well other possible benefits. The investigators hypothesize that individuals with memory disorders that receive person-centered, coordinated care will have fewer unmet dementia-related needs, improved quality of life and function, fewer behavioral and depressive symptoms, and will be able to remain in their homes longer compared to individuals who receive augmented usual care.

Conditions

• Memory Disorders
• Dementia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

care coordination

dementia-related care coordination

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Jewish Community Services

  collaborator OTHER

• Levindale

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.

  collaborator OTHER

• Leonard & Helen R. Stulman Charitable Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hoffberger Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hirschhorn Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Lois and Irving Blum Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Baltimore County Department of Aging

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

  collaborator NIH

• Johns Hopkins University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Quincy M Samus, PhD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-07-31

Primary Completion

2011-12-31

Completion

2012-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations