Dignity Therapy in Aged Care:A pilot study to determine feasibility and likely impact on residents and service providers
- Conditions
- Dignity in Aged CareMental Health - DepressionMental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613001265763
- Lead Sponsor
- Curtin University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Eligible residents will:
1) Have a Psychogeriatric Assessment Scale – Cognitive Impairment Score (PAS-CIS) of 4 or less. A score of 4 or less indicates minimal impairment. This instrument is completed for all residents on admission into the RACF
2) Be a new admission to a RACF High Care bed of less than 2 weeks at time of enrolment
3) Not be in receipt of extra services,
4) Will need to speak and understand English
5) Not be at the end-of-life stage of life
Eligible staff will be permanent employees of the facilities delivering direct care to the residents receiving the intervention and / or involved in their care planning.
Exclusion:
1) residents who have cognitive impairment, ie PAS > 4
2) staff who have not delivered to / or planned care for the participating residents in the 4 weeks after the intervention was completed.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome 1 - Level of distress using the Patient Dignity Inventory. [Timepoint 1 - Baseline, 4 weeks and at 8 weeks post intervention]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome 1 - level of depression measured using the Cornell Scale of Depression [Secondary timepoint - Baseline and at 8 weeks post intervention];Secondary outcome 2 - Quality of life using the Personal Wellbeing Index[Secondary timepoint 2 - Baseline, 4 weeks and 8 weeks post intervention]