HOMeCare: Caring for the Dementia Caregiver and their Loved One via the HOMeCare Exercise and Mindfulness for Health Program

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Neurological - Dementias; Dementia; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Caregiver burden

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000347369
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 28 January 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Each dyad will be composed of one caregiver and one participant with mild to moderate dementia for whom they provide care.

The participant with dementia must:
1) Live in the community,
2) Have at least one informal caregiver,
3) Have diagnosed mild-moderate dementia of any type (Mini-mental State Exam score 12-24/30),
4) Have mild deficits in functional mobility (walking, balance, chair stand) via the Short Physical Performance Battery [(SPPB) score <10/12],
5) Ambulatory over short distances without the assistance of a person.

The informal caregiver in the dyad (family or friend) must:
1) Live with the participant with dementia and/or providing some portion of their daily care including Activities of Daily Living in an informal capacity.
2) Be able to speak and understand English
3) Residence within 30 km of the clinic sites.
4) Adequate vision, hearing, cognition and manual dexterity sufficient to use the iPad programs developed for the study

Exclusion Criteria

Either the person with Dementia or the caregiver must not have an unstable disease or rapidly progressive or terminal illness, resulting in their inability to perform any of the interventions.

For the participant with dementia:
1) Severe dementia (Mini-mental State Exam score <12)
2) Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) score of >10/12

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional mobility via Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) for the adult with Dementia[Baseline and 3 months. ];State Mindfulness Scale score for the caregiver[Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 3 months. ];Zarit Burden Interview score for the caregiver[Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 3 months. ]