Music Attuned Technology for Care via eHealth - MATCH: Study 4

Not Applicable

Conditions: behavioural symptoms of dementia
psychological symptoms of dementia
caregivers' stress
Neurological - Dementias
Neurological - Alzheimer's disease
Neurological - Other neurological disorders
Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine

Registration Number: ACTRN12624000682549

Lead Sponsor: The University of Melbourne

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot yet recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 164

Inclusion Criteria

For HomeCare stage:
Inclusion criteria of people living with dementia:
a) Living at home, co-habiting with at least one other person who is nominated to be the primary caregiver
b) Formal diagnosis of dementia
c) NPI-Q Severity score of 6 or higher

Inclusion criteria of caregivers:
d) Close in relationship to the person living with dementia
e) Co-habiting with the person with dementia

For Transition stage:
Inclusion criteria of people living with dementia:
- Participants enrolled at the HomeCare stage who communicates the decision to transition into residential aged care (RAC) during the study period
- Dyads eligible for the HomeCare stage (meet criteria [b] and [c], however, transitioning into RAC at the enrolment (do not meet criteria [a])

Inclusion criteria of caregivers:
- close in relationship to the person living with dementia
- co-habiting with the person with dementia, before the transition into RAC

Exclusion Criteria

• Dyads who do not have access to the internet or a mobile device as the app needs to be
downloaded and accessed for study participation.
• Hearing impairment that is not overcome by hearing support such as hearing aids for both
CG and PwD.
• The CG does not have good knowledge of English. This is because the mobile app version is
only in English. Versions in other languages will be available as advanced features in the
mobile app are integrated. We do not anticipate this occurring during the period of this
feasibility study.