Improving Well-being and HEaLth for people with Dementia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Unspecified dementia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN62237498
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London (UK)

Brief Summary

2014 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25016303 2018 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29408901

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-10-04
• Study Completion: 2015-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1280

Inclusion Criteria

1. Care homes who identify themselves as catering for people with dementia within its literature
2. Care homes should be able to demonstrate a minimum acceptable standard of care according to Care Quality Commision (CQC)
3. All individuals residing in participating care homes who meet diagnostic criteria and/or scores 1 or greater, on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR)
Target Gender: Male & Female; Upper Age Limit 110 years ; Lower Age Limit 35 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Less than 60% of the residents have dementia
2. Care home is receiving special support from their local authority
3. Care home has failed to meet the 5 CQC care home quality standards checks with no more than one black mark (at least one standard in this area was not being met and required improvements are required) and no red marks (at least one standard in this area was not being met and enforcement have been taken):
3.1. Standards of treating people with respect and involving them in their care
3.2. Standards of providing care, treatment & support which meets people's needs
3.3. Standards of caring for people safely & protecting them from harm
3.4. Standards of staffing
3.5. Standards of management
4. Care home unable to provide care staff champions or staff able to act as informants for participant assessments
5. Events or major changes anticipated to take place in the next 12 months, which might impact on involvement in the research
6. Care home involved in other research projects, which might affect their suitability to take part in this study or place too much burden on staff and residents
7. Undergoing systematic programme of service improvement: Involved in a systematic programme of service improvement (e.g. intensive Dementia Care Mapping)
8. Any resident for whom consent is not obtained

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life as measured by DEMQOL proxy. DEMQOL-Proxy is a 31 item interviewer-administered questionnaire answered by a caregiver with the score range of 31 to 124.