An exploratory study of dignity therapy for older people in care homes

Completed

• Conditions: Ageing: in need of care; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN37589515
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

Residents (males and females) aged 65 years old or over, living in one of six care homes for older people, are included. Not all residents have a terminal illness and they are not selected on the basis of receiving palliative care. However, all residents in nursing homes are frail and could be considered as reaching the end of life. Participants are not screened for spiritual or psychological distress, or loss of dignity, however, these are assessed at baseline, to explore the potential moderating effects of these variables on the impact of the intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Residents who are considered by the care home managers to be too ill to be interviewed
2. Unable to provide informed consent either due to cognitive problems, or to the severity of their illness, or because they are unable to understand English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified