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Feasibility of a counselling intervention to promote the participation of older adults in need of care and to reduce the burden on their informal caregivers in the transition process from home to nursing home. Project PARTICIPATE-NH.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Transition from home to nursing home, planning the future care situation of older persons in need of care
Registration Number
DRKS00033227
Lead Sponsor
Technische Hochschule Rosenheim
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

Older adults in need of care (= 65 years) who either 1) are cared for at least once a week by a home care nursing service participating in the study or 2) have moved from home to a nursing home participating in the study in the last 6 weeks or will move to a nursing home.

Exclusion Criteria

Not able to give written informed consent themselves and no consent of legal guardian
• If no informal caregiver participates in the study: Insufficient command of the German language, severe cognitive impairments according to the assessment of the nursing professionals (an existing standardised cognition assessment is not to be expected and the new survey to check inclusion is not adequate due to the burden on the persons)
• Limited life expectancy (= 1 year), persons in need of palliative care
• Transition to a NH from a setting other than from home (e.g. from hospital to NH)
• Transition from home to a form of care other than a NH (e.g. assisted living) is certain

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self-perceived participation and autonomy (older adults):<br>Impact on Participation and Autonomy Questionnaire (IPA)<br>Caregiver reaction (informal caregivers):<br>German Caregiver Reaction Assessment (G-CRA)<br>We will collect data for the primary and secondary outcomes at three measurement points: At baseline before the intervention (t0), 2-3 weeks after intervention (t1) and after 3 months (t2).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Health-related quality of life (older adults): European Quality of Life Five-Dimension Five-Level Scale<br>Caregiver guilt after placement (caregivers of persons, who have moved or will move into the NH): Guilt after Placement Questionaire (GAP-Q)<br>Mental well-being (older adults and informal caregivers): Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)<br>We will collect data for the primary and secondary outcomes at three measurement points: At baseline before the intervention (t0), 2-3 weeks after intervention (t1) and after 3 months (t2).
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