Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of a home care workers’ training and support intervention, from the perspectives of home care workers, clients living with dementia and family carers: stream three of the NIDUS (New interventions for Independence in Dementia) programme

niversity College London0 个研究点目标入组 244 人开始时间: 2020年6月1日最近更新: 2024年7月15日

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2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36572489/ (added 28/12/2022) 2021 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33893821/ Nested qualitative study (added 04/07/2024) 2024 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38796316/ Process evaluation (added 04/07/2024) 2022 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35128740/ Qualitative results (added 04/07/2024)

•People with dementia:
•1. 18 years or older
•2. Any gender
•3. Clients of a participating home care agency, with a documented diagnosis of dementia of any severity who are living in their own homes: alone and with others and with or without a family carer willing to participate in the study
•4. Clients of a participating home care agency who screen positive for probable dementia (a score of 5 or 6) on the Noticeable Problems Checklist
•Family carers:
•1. 18 years or older
•2. Any gender
•3. Family carers who are in at least monthly face-to-face, email or telephone contact with the person with dementia
•4. Family carers who can speak English (for participation in NIDUS-family). Family carers do not need to speak English to take part in NIDUS-professional
•5. Willing and able to provide written informed consent
•Home care staff:
•1. All employees of participating home care agencies providing direct care to dementia clients or involved in managing/training home care workers
•2. 18 years or older
•3. Males or females
•4. Be able to understand spoken English
•5. Willing and able to provide written informed consent

•1. People living with dementia who are receiving palliative care support and considered to be in the last 6 months of their life
•2. People living with dementia who, because they are temporary clients or have given notice, are not expected to be clients of the agency in 6 months’ time
•3. Home care staff who do not plan to remain working in the agency for 6 months or more
•4. Family carers or home care workers who lack capacity to consent

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niversity College London