Managing the Needs of Care Home Residents With Dementia Through a Music Therapy Intervention

NCT05176444 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2024-01-23

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to implement and evaluate a music therapy intervention in care homes. The primary aim is to assess whether implementing the intervention will have an impact on unmet in care homes for people living with dementia. Researchers will also examine the feasibility of a music therapy programme in care homes and its effects on care staff and residents with cognitive impairment. Care home staff will also receive training with music therapists via video communications to help staff use music therapy techniques to support people living with dementia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music therapy

Individual music therapy sessions across 12-weeks with people with cognitive impairment/dementia. Music therapy training for care home staff at four time points across 12-weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anchor Trust

    collaborator OTHER
  • The Utley Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Anglia Ruskin University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helen Odell-Miller, PhD · Anglia Ruskin University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
105 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-04
Primary Completion
2024-06-30
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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