Bringing Namaste Care to people with dementia at end of life in residential aged care services
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- DementiaQuality of lifeNeurological - Dementias
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000434695
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Tasmania
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria for residents
# Inability to actively participate in dementia activity/memory programs as assessed by a senior clinical nurse at the service
# FAST 6 or 7 or GDS 6 or 7 or PAS Cognitive Impairment Scale 16-21 – senior clinical nurse will confirm the resident’s score and eligibility from the resident documentation
# Difficulty verbally communicating
# Need for assistance with personal care
# Non-ambulatory
Exclusion Criteria
Residents who are still able to participate in usual memory support activities;
residents who are likely to be disruptive and/or will wander away, or
who are too unwell to attend the Namaste Care Program intervention.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participant quality of life assessed using the Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia (QUALID) scale.[ Baseline, 2, 4 (primary timepoint) and 12 weeks post intervention. ];Participant agitated behaviours assessed using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI).[ Baseline, 2, 4 (primary timepoint) and 12 weeks post intervention]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method types of activities that the person enjoys (or not) - data collected using a Namaste Care Record Summary and Namaste Care Session record summary[ week 2, 4 and 12 post intervention. ];observed behaviours of the person receiving the Namaste Care Program using the Namaste Care Record Summary and Namaste Care Session record summary[ week 2, 4 and 12 post intervention]