Remini-Sing: Therapeutic choirs to improve wellbeing and relationship quality for community dwelling people with dementia and their family caregivers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: dementia; caregiver burden; Neurological - Dementias; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001513303
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Melbourne

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-10-27
• Study Completion: 2019-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 22 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 31

Inclusion Criteria

Community-dwelling people living with dementia (PwD) and their co-residing family caregivers (FCG) will be eligible for the project.
Both PwD and FCG participants must have functional hearing and speak English.
For PwD, inclusion criteria are: aged at least 60 years and a confirmed diagnosis of dementia, OR probable dementia (i.e. a cognitive impairment level of 12–24 on the Mini Mental State Exam OR features consistent with Alzheimer’s type dementia as per DSM-V.
For FCG, inclusion criteria include age equal or greater than 18 years and either a spouse/partner, family member (eg. daughter or son), or close friend.

Exclusion Criteria

Living in residential care at time of recruitment
Unable to hear at all (deafness)
Unable to speak English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified