Dementia in residential care: education intervention trial

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia; Neurological - Dementias

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000417482
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Western Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 364

Inclusion Criteria

Permanent resident of a low-level or high-level residential care facility, greater than 65 years of age with mimi mental state examination (MMSE) score <24. Subject (if able to give consent), their General Practitioner and surrogate (the next of kin” or other identified proxy) consent to trial participation.

Exclusion Criteria

subject is identified by facility staff as medically unstable or as suffering delirium, or in the terminal stages of a co-morbid illness; subject unable to complete assessment instruments in English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life[6 weeks and 6 months after conclusion of intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge among GPs and residential care facility (RCF) staff regarding dementia, its management and appropriate use of psychotropic pharmacotherapy; use of chemical and non-chemical restraint ; Behavioural and Psychologic Symptoms of Dementia, functional state and mobility; carer satisfaction; Emergency medical reviews; mood; Pain; environmental quality; Sleep Quality.[6 weeks and 6 months after conclusion of intervention]