Evaluating a wellbeing clinic to support older adults with mild to moderate dementia living in residential aged care settings

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia; Depression; Anxiety; Mental Health - Anxiety; Neurological - Dementias; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000241235
• Lead Sponsor: Associate Professor Sunil Bhar

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-02-14
• Study Completion: 2019-06-06
• Last Update Posted: 1 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 269

Inclusion Criteria

Residents are eligible to participate if they:
1.are currently 65 years or older.
2. are currently living in residential aged care facilities
3.are diagnosed with dementia (major neurocognitive disorder, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition [DSM 5]),
4.have within the six months been found to have mild to moderate cognitive impairment as defined as a score between 24 and 10 on the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) or the equivalent on the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scale Cognitive Impairment Scale (PAS-CIS) – 4 to 15 inclusive
5.have within the past year been found to have clinically significant levels of depression as indicated by a minimum of 7 on the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD) or 11 on the Rating Anxiety in Dementia (RAID)

Family/friend caregivers will be eligible to participate if they are
1.nominated by the resident or legal proxy as an important source of care for the resident
2.are at least 18 years old, and
3.can communicate in English
4.willing to participate in project activities

Facility staff will be eligible to participate if they are
1.nominated by the resident, legal proxy or unit manager/clinical as an important source of care for the resident
2.are at least 18 years old, and
3.can communicate in English
4.willing to participate in project activities

Exclusion Criteria

Residents with limited capacity to communicate verbally in English (due to a lack of English language proficiency as assessed by facility or research staff) or who are unable to complete study procedures due to health conditions (e.g., resident is physically unwell, highly distressed)(as assessed by facility or research staff) will not be eligible to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified