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Evaluation of the Singapura Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (SingaPACE) Demonstration Project

NCT01568801 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2015-04-16

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Summary

This is a RCT studying the effectiveness of the Singapore Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (SingaPACE) demonstration project over a 36 month period. SingaPACE is modelled on the US PACE home and community based service that acts as an alternative to institutional care. The comparator is best referrals for care as currently arranged through the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) and referred by medical social workers. This research aims to determine how the SingaPACE model of health and social care affects use of emergency and acute care hospital services, institutional care, the quality of life (QOL) and satisfaction of the participants aged 60+ and their caregivers.

The hypotheses to be tested are:

H01: The elderly in SingaPACE will have fewer admissions to accident \& emergency (A\&E) hospitalization than the elderly who are not in SingaPACE.

H02: The elderly in SingaPACE will have fewer admissions to acute care hospitalization than the elderly who are not in SingaPACE.

H03: The elderly in SingaPACE will delay first admission to institutionalized nursing home care more than the elderly who are not in SingaPACE.

H04: The elderly in SingaPACE clients will have a higher QOL compared to the elderly who are not in SingaPACE.

H05: Caregivers of the elderly in SingaPACE will have a lower care-giving burden compared to caregivers of the elderly who are not in SingaPACE.

Conditions

  • Frail Elders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SingaPACE

Individuals in the intervention group will go through an integrated program of community based health and social care, based on intake and ongoing evaluation by the SingaPACE team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David B Matchar, MD,FACP,FAHA · Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-07-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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