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Further enabling care at home for people living with dementia

Withdrawn
Conditions
Dementia
Neurological - Dementias
Registration Number
ACTRN12616000467437
Lead Sponsor
Christine Toye
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Withdrawn
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
308
Inclusion Criteria

Patient/carer dyads when the patient has a documented diagnosis of dementia and is being discharged from the included hospital, the discharge destination is their home or that of the family carer, and when the (family) carer can speak, read, and understand English

Exclusion Criteria

Patient being discharged to another hospital or into residential aged care, Family carer not able to speak, read, and understand English.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The primary outcome is carers' preparedness for caregiving, to be measured with the Preparedness for Caregiving Scale (PCS)(1)<br><br>Reference:<br>.1. Archbold PG, Stewart BJ, Greenlick MR, Harvath T. Mutuality and preparedness as predictors of caregiver role strain. Research in Nursing & Health. 1990;13(6):375-84.[Time 1 (T1) will be up to 5 days after discharge, T2 will be 5 weeks after discharge, T3 will be 10 weeks after discharge. Preparedness will be measured at all time points.]
Secondary Outcome Measures
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