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Cost-effectiveness of one year dementia follow-up care by memory clinics or general practitioners: economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial
Meeuwsen, Els,
Melis, René,
van der Aa, Geert,
Golüke-Willemse, Gertie,
de Leest, Benoit,
van Raak, Frank,
Schölzel-Dorenbos, Carla,
Verheijen, Desiree,
Verhey, Frans,
Visser, Marieke,
Wolfs, Claire,
Adang, Eddy,
Olde Rikkert, Marcel
Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of post-diagnosis dementia treatment and coordination of care by memory clinics compared to general practitioners’ care.; Methods: A multicentre randomised trial with 175 community dwelling patients newly diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia, and their informal caregivers, with twelve months’ follow-up. Cost-effectiveness was evaluated from a societal point of view […]
Specialist mental health consultation for depression in Australian aged care residents with dementia: a cluster randomized trial
McSweeney, Kate,
Jeffreys, Aimee,
Griffith, Joanne,
Plakiotis, Chris,
Kharsas, Renee,
O'Connor, Daniel W.
Objective: This cluster randomized controlled trial sought to determine whether multidisciplinary specialist mental health consultation was more effective than care as usual in treating the depression of aged care residents with dementia.; Methods: Three hundred and eighty nine aged care residents were screened for dementia and major depression. Forty four were ultimately included in the […]
Slowing progression of early stages of AD with alternative therapies: a feasibility study
This pilot study identified the feasibility and efficacy of the effect of combining healing touch (HT) and body talk cortices (BTC) on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Both HT and BTC elicit the relaxation response and support cognitive function from two different perspectives. A two-group, repeated measures design was used. Subjects (n = 22), 65 or […]
The impact of TCARE® on service recommendation, use, and caregiver well-being
Purpose Of the Study: Findings are reported from a study that examined the effects of the Tailored Caregiver Assessment and Referral (TCARE®) protocol, a care management process designed to help family caregivers, on care planning and caregiver outcomes.; Design and Methods: A longitudinal, randomized controlled trial was conducted with 97 caregivers enrolled in a demonstration […]
Nursing homes and end-of-life care in Japan
Objectives: To describe end-of-life care in Japanese nursing homes by comparing facility and characteristics of residents dying in nursing homes with those who had been transferred and had died in hospitals, and by comparing the quality of end-of-life care with hospitals and with their respective counterparts in the United States.; Setting: National sample of 653 […]
Cost evaluation of a coordinated care management intervention for dementia
Objective: To calculate intervention costs and the potential cost offset of a care management intervention that substantially improved the quality of dementia care.; Study Design: From both a payer perspective and a social planner perspective, we analyzed data from a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating this intervention versus usual care. The RCT included 408 […]
Efectos del Modelo de Atención Centrado en la Persona en la calidad de vida de personas con deterioro cognitivo de centros gerontológicos. = Effects from the Person Centered-Care Model on quality of life of cognitive impaired persons from gerontological centers
Díaz-Veiga, Pura,
Sancho, Mayte,
García, Álvaro,
Rivas, Esther,
Abad, Elixabet,
Suárez, Nerea,
Mondragón, Gabriela,
Buiza, Cristina,
Orbegozo, Ana,
Yanguas, Javier
Introduction: The Model of Person Centered Care has attracted increasing interest for use in gerontology centers. Therefore, the contributions about its impact are scarce in our context. The objective of this paper is to establish the impact that the interventions associated with the Model of Person Centered Care in the «Etxean Ondo» Project have on […]
PerCEN: A cluster randomized controlled trial of person-centered residential care and environment for people with dementia
Chenoweth, Lynn,
Forbes, Ian,
Fleming, Richard,
King, Madeleine T.,
Stein-Parbury, Jane,
Luscombe, Georgina,
Kenny, Patricia,
Jeon, Yun-Hee,
Haas, Marion,
Brodaty, Henry
Background: There is good evidence of the positive effects of person-centered care (PCC) on agitation in dementia. We hypothesized that a person-centered environment (PCE) would achieve similar outcomes by focusing on positive environmental stimuli, and that there would be enhanced outcomes by combining PCC and PCE. Methods: 38 Australian residential aged care homes with scope […]