Family care in dementia dementia F00
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: 25 specifically qualified family assistants in dementia contact in total 75 families with dementia patients, five to 20 times within 16 weeks, initially by home visits later by telephone. The
Sponsors
Zentrum für Geriatrie und Gerontologie Freiburg Universitätsklinkum Freiburg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Informed consent of families living in the rural region "Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald" in southwest Germany concerned with the informal care for a person with dementia. All types of dementia are included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: no dementia, no informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Burden of informal caregivers: Berliner Inventar zur Angehörigenbelastung – Demenz in week 0, 16 and 26 (Zank et al. 2006). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In week 0, 16 and 26 Quality of Life of the patients: Quality of Life-Alzheimer’s Disease Scale (Thorgrimsen et al. 2003) Quality of Life of the cargivers: SF-12 (Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998) Resource Utilization in Dementia, Wimo & Nordberg 2007) Until week 124: nursing home admission | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactIris Natterer
Zentrum für Geriatrie und Gerontologie
Outcome results
None listed