Menn, Petra, Holle, Rolf, Kunz, Simone, Donath, Carolin, Lauterberg, Jörg, Leidl, Reiner, Marx, Peter, Mehlig, Hilmar, Ruckdäschel, Stephan, Vollmar, Horst Christian, Wunder, Sonja, Gräßel, Elmar

Objective: To compare a complex nondrug intervention including actively approaching counseling and caregiver support groups with differing intensity against usual care with respect to time to institutionalization in patients with dementia.; Methods: Within this three-armed cluster-randomized controlled trial, 390 community-dwelling patients aged 65 years or older with physician-diagnosed mild to moderate dementia and their caregivers […]

Gerritsen, Debby L, Smalbrugge, Martin, Teerenstra, Steven, Leontjevas, Ruslan, Adang, Eddy M., Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra J. F. J., Derksen, Els, Koopmans, Raymond T. C. M.

Background: The aim of this study is evaluating the (cost-) effectiveness of a multidisciplinary, evidence based care program to improve the management of depression in nursing home residents of somatic and dementia special care units. The care program is an evidence based standardization of the management of depression, including standardized use of measurement instruments and […]

Eichler, Tilly, Thyrian, Jochen René, Dreier, Adina, Wucherer, Diana, Kohler, Leonore, Fiß, Thomas, Böwing, Georgia, Michalowsky, Bernhard, Hoffmann, Wolfgang

Background: Increasing prevalence of dementia is a major challenge for the German healthcare system. The study DelpHi-MV (“Dementia: life- and person-centered help in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania”) aims to implement and evaluate an innovative subsidiary support system for persons with dementia (PwDs) living at home and their caregivers.; Methods: DelpHi-MV is a GP-based cluster randomized controlled intervention […]

McCabe, Marita P., Mellor, David, Davison, Tanya E., Karantzas, Gery, von Treuer, Kathryn, O'Connor, Daniel W.

Background: The high occurrence and under-treatment of clinical depression and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) within aged care settings is concerning, yet training programs aimed at improving the detection and management of these problems have generally been ineffective. This article presents a study protocol to evaluate a training intervention for facility managers/registered nurses […]

van de Ven, Geertje, Draskovic, Irena, Adang, Eddy M. M., Donders, Rogier, Zuidema, Sytse U., Koopmans, Raymond T. C. M., Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra J. F. J.

Background: The effectiveness of dementia-care mapping (DCM) for institutionalised people with dementia has been demonstrated in an explanatory cluster-randomised controlled trial (cRCT) with two DCM researchers carrying out the DCM intervention. In order to be able to inform daily practice, we studied DCM effectiveness in a pragmatic cRCT involving a wide range of care homes […]

Spijker, Anouk, Teerenstra, Steven, Wollersheim, Hub, Adang, Eddy, Verhey, Frans, Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra

Objective: To evaluate the influence of adherence to the Systematic Care Program for Dementia (SCPD) intervention protocol on patient and caregiver outcomes.; Design: Data were drawn from the SCPD study-a single-blind, multicenter, cluster-randomized, controlled trial. Multivariate regression analyses were used to assess the influence of adherence on patient and caregiver outcomes.; Setting: Six community mental health […]

Kohler, Leonore, Meinke-Franze, Claudia, Hein, Jurgen, Fendrich, Konstanze, Heymann, Romy, Thyrian, Jochen, Hoffmann, Wolfgang

Background: Most persons with dementia live at home and are treated in the primary care. However, the ambulatory health care system in Germany contains a lot of “interface problems” and is not optimized for the future challenges. Innovative concepts like regional networks in dementia care exist on a project level and need to be tested […]