Enhancing allied health for older people in residential care: EAHOP RC

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: dementia; frailty; falls; Neurological - Dementias; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Occupational therapy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Eye - Diseases / disorders of the eye

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000028505
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Canberra

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-01-12
• Last Update Posted: 10 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Any new or existing (permanent) resident of the residential aged care home is eligible.
Any staff member from Calvary Haydon who cares for the participant will be eligible to complete a post intervention staff survey and/or semi-structured interview.
Any family member/carer of a participant will be eligible to complete a post intervention survey and/or semi-structured interview.

Exclusion Criteria

People with severe cognitive impairment will not be able to engage in the allied health program. For example, people who have severe expressive and receptive communication impairment and who are immobile due to dementia are unlikely to be able to meaningfully engage in the program.
There are no specific exclusion criteria for family member/carer involvement or staff involvement.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified