SENSE-Cog Residential CARE: A feasibility study of hearing and vision support to improve quality of life in care home residents with dementia

Trinity College Dublin0 个研究点目标入组 120 人开始时间: 2022年2月23日最近更新: 2022年8月5日

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•1. Care Home has at least 60% of residents with dementia.
•2. Care Home must be ‘compliant’ or ‘substantially compliant’ based on HIQA reports.
•3. Staff Is aged =18 years.
•4. Staff Is a current member of staff in a participating care home and is involved in the care of the RwD (all grades including: Director of Nursing; nurses; allied health professionals and front-line care workers).
•5. Resident with Dementia (RwD) Is aged =60 years.
•6. RwD Is a permanent resident of a participating care home.
•7. RwD Has received a clinical diagnosis of dementia or has evidence of dementia as per care home staff
•8. RwD Has mild to moderate stage of dementia as indicated by a score of 1 or 2 on the Clinical Dementia Rating global score (CDR)
•9. RwD if taking cognitive enhancing medication (i.e., cholinesterase inhibitors or memantine), this must on a stable, unchanged dose for at least 4 weeks prior to screening.
•10. RwD is willing to participate in the study and will accept the SSI-C.
•11. RwD has mental capacity to give informed consent to participate in the study or has a nominated consultee (a primary care worker, named at the study start) to provide consent on their behalf.

•1. Care Home Has received a ‘non-compliant’ status on HIQA quality standards at their last inspection.
•2. Care Home Has insufficient staff to provide two Sensory Champions to deliver the SSI-C.
•3. Care Home Is participating in any other research project involving service model change.
•4. Staff has insufficient time allocation to participate in the education sessions of the SSI-C.
•5. Staff is intending to change jobs in the next six months.
•6. Resident with Dementia (RwD) Is unwilling to participate.
•7. RwD has unstable medical or psychiatric condition.

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