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The Dementia Symptom Management at Home Program

NCT02482623 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2022-11-02

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Summary

Persons with dementia and their caregivers are often cared for in the community through home healthcare (HHC). While these patients and their caregivers need significant help and often have difficulty maintaining their quality of life, home healthcare clinicians are often unprepared to care for this population. This study will therefore examine the ability of an integrated, multi-pronged evidence-based practice intervention for home healthcare registered nurses, occupational therapists and physical therapists, the DSM-H, to improve the quality of care and quality of life for persons with dementia and their family caregiver. The investigators will enroll persons with dementia and their family caregiver upon admission to the HHC agency and examine their quality of life over 60 days following admission, comparing those who receive the intervention to those who serve as controls.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dementia Symptom Management at Home Program

The DSM-H is a multi-modal interprofessional intervention that includes: 1. intensive training of clinician mentors; 2. disseminated online training for Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists; 3. implementation of evidence-based care plans, assessment instruments, and teaching handouts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Visiting Nurse Service of New York

    collaborator OTHER

  • New York University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abraham A Brody, RN, PhD, GNP-BC · Assistant Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-01
Primary Completion
2018-03-01
Completion
2018-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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