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Dementia care initiative in primary practice: study protocol of a cluster randomized trial on dementia management in a general practice setting
Holle, Rolf,
Grässel, Elmar,
Ruckdäschel, Stefan,
Wunder, Sonja,
Mehlig, Hilmar,
Marx, Peter,
Pirk, Olaf,
Butzlaff, Martin,
Kunz, Simone,
Lauterberg, Jörg
Background: Current guidelines for dementia care recommend the combination of drug therapy with non-pharmaceutical measures like counselling and social support. However, the scientific evidence concerning non-pharmaceutical interventions for dementia patients and their informal caregivers remains inconclusive. Targets of modern comprehensive dementia care are to enable patients to live at home as long and as independent […]
A practice-based intervention to improve primary care for falls, urinary incontinence, and dementia
Wenger, Neil S.,
Roth, Carol P.,
Shekelle, Paul G.,
Young, Roy T.,
Solomon, David H.,
Kamberg, Caren J.,
Chang, John T.,
Louie, Rachel,
Higashi, Takahiro,
MacLean, Catherine H.,
Adams, John,
Min, Lillian C.,
Ransohoff, Kurt,
Hoffing, Marc,
Reuben, David B.
Objectives: To determine whether a practice-based intervention can improve care for falls, urinary incontinence, and cognitive impairment.; Design: Controlled trial.; Setting: Two community medical groups.; Participants: Community-dwelling patients (357 at intervention sites and 287 at control sites) aged 75 and older identified as having difficulty with falls, incontinence, or cognitive impairment.; Intervention: Intervention and control […]
Prevention of dementia by intensive vascular care (PreDIVA): a cluster-randomized trial in progress
Richard, Edo,
Van den Heuvel, Esther,
Moll van Charante, Eric P.,
Achthoven, Lenny,
Vermeulen, Marinus,
Bindels, Patrick J.,
van Gool, Willem A.
Background and Purpose: Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with an increased risk of dementia. Treatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia is associated with a decrease in incident dementia. Whether interventions aimed at cardiovascular risk factors in late life also reduce dementia risk is unknown. Here, we report the outline of a pragmatic study that will attempt […]
Nursing home resident outcomes from the Res-Care intervention
Resnick, Barbara,
Gruber-Baldini, Ann L.,
Zimmerman, Sheryl,
Galik, Elizabeth,
Pretzer-Aboff, Ingrid,
Russ, Karin,
Hebel, J. Richard
Objectives: To test the effectiveness of a restorative care (Res-Care) intervention on function, muscle strength, contractures, and quality of life of nursing home residents, with secondary aims focused on strengthening self-efficacy and outcome expectations.; Design: A randomized controlled repeated-measure design was used, and generalized estimating equations were used to evaluate status at baseline and 4 […]
Day care at green care farms: a novel way to stimulate dietary intake of community-dwelling older people with dementia?
De Bruin, S. R.,
Oosting, S. J.,
Tobi, H.,
Blauw, Y. H.,
Schols, J. M. G. A.,
De Groot, C. P. G. M.
Objective: This study aimed to compare dietary intake of older people with dementia receiving day care at regular day care facilities (RDCFs) or at so-called green care farms (GCFs).; Design and Settings: A comparative cross-sectional study was performed at 10 GCFs and 10 RDCFs in the Netherlands.; Participants: 30 subjects from GCFs and 23 subjects […]
Systematic care for caregivers of people with dementia in the ambulatory mental health service: designing a multicentre, cluster, randomized, controlled trial
Spijker, Anouk,
Verhey, Frans,
Graff, Maud,
Grol, Richard,
Adang, Eddy,
Wollersheim, Hub,
Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra
Background: Care for people with dementia and their informal caregivers is a challenging aim in healthcare. There is an urgent need for cost-effective support programs that prevent informal caregivers of people with dementia from becoming overburdened, which might result in a delay or decrease of patient institutionalization. For this reason, we have developed the Systematic […]
Effectiveness of a structured education reminiscence-based programme for staff on the quality of life of residents with dementia in long-stay units: a study protocol for a cluster randomised trial
O'Shea, Eamon,
Devane, Declan,
Murphy, Kathy,
Cooney, Adeline,
Casey, Dympna,
Jordan, Fionnuala,
Hunter, Andrew,
Murphy, Edel
Background: Current projections indicate that there will be a significant increase in the number of people with dementia in Ireland, from approximately 40,000 at present to 100,000 by 2036. Psychosocial interventions, such as reminiscence, have the potential to improve the quality of life of people with dementia. However, while reminiscence is used widely in dementia […]