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Volunteers Adding Life in Dementia

NCT01646723 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2017-04-14

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Summary

The objectives of our project are to: 1.) Develop a training program and manual for volunteers to implement evidence-based, non-pharmacological interventions for neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia in long-term care (LTC) settings; 2.) Recruit and train volunteers using the VALID program and pilot test the volunteer-led program with 20 individuals with Alzheimer's disease and NPS in a LTC facility in Kingston; and, 3.) Evaluate the effects of the VALID program on the symptoms of NPS, patient quality of life, volunteer's experience, and LTC staff stress.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Volunteers Adding Life in Dementia (VALID) Program

The VALID intervention will consist of 2 phases. First, volunteers will complete an assessment involving recording of a "Life Story" for each patient participant. This will include information on the patient's psychosocial history, occupational history, hobbies, interests and preferred activities using information from the LTC medical record and interviews with the patient and family members. Based on this information, a variety of potential psychosocial interventions will be developed for the individual with the assistance of the recreation therapist at the LTC. The second phase will involve implementation of the VALID intervention. Each individual with dementia will receive personalized pleasant activities for a minimum session of 30 minutes at a frequency of 3 times per week. One volunteer will complete the "Life Story" assessment and up to 3 volunteers may be involved with implementing the VALID program for each resident.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dallas P Seitz, MD · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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