SAGE: Safer ageing through geriatrics-informed evidence-based practices

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Implementation of age-friendly health systems within the Veterans Affairs healthcare system for veterans 65 or older; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN60657985
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs

Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00431-5 (added 26/05/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-05-21
• Last Update Posted: 18 June 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 190000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Community-dwelling veteran
2. Age 65 or older
either receiving a treatment targeted by one of our EBPs (for example, are referred for a surgical procedure or prescribed a high-risk medication), or have risk factors targeted by one of our EBPs ( for example, carrying a diagnosis of dementia or with functional impairments that prevent completion of activities of daily living)
3. Each EBP has additional eligibility criteria specific to its purpose:
3.1. Surgical Pause, will include anyone with a score indicating frailty who is also considering an elective surgery
3.2. EMPOWER, Veterans must have been receiving a high-risk medication for at least 90 of the 120 days prior to implementation
3.3. TAP, Veterans must have a diagnosis of dementia
3.4. CAPABLE, Veterans must have 1 Activity of Daily Living or 2 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living deficiencies

Exclusion Criteria

1. Receipt of hospice care or being in long-term nursing home care
2. Veterans with severe mental illness will be excluded from EMPOWER
3. Veterans without a caregiver will be excluded from TAP

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified