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Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Cognitive stimulation as a 24/7 approach for 6 weeks
prior to this, training of nursing and care staff over a10-week period
Sponsors
Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies, Medizinische Fakultät und Uniklinik Köln, Universität zu Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: People with dementia: Residents (or their representatives) of the participating long-term care facilities; people with a clinically confirmed dementia diagnosis or third-party assessment by nursing or care staff with the "Dementia Screening Scale" (DSS) score = 3 points; being able to be interviewed; signed written informed consent; good or sufficiently corrected vision and hearing; good German language skills; Nursing and care staff: Nursing professionals or caregivers who participate in the training and use the cognitive stimulation program in their daily work; among the nursing professionals, permanent employees who work in day and/or night care should be considered; the caregivers should be professionally trained persons, e.g. employees of the social service such as social pedagogues, social workers, gerontologists and additional caregivers according to SGB XI; good or sufficiently corrected vision and hearing; good German language skills; Facility managers/nursing service managers: Management of an inpatient nursing facility in which the intervention is being piloted; position as (deputy) nursing service manager or facility manager; good or sufficiently corrected vision and hearing; good German language skills.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People with dementia: lack of dementia diagnosis; lack of ability to give consent; life-threatening illnesses; Nursing and care staff: less professionally trained staff as well as volunteers should not be considered; all other employees of the inpatient geriatric care facility; Facility managers/nursing service managers: Outpatient and day-care facilities; facilities for disabled persons (SGB IX).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effectiveness: global cognition of people with dementia (operationalized with MMST and ADAS-Cog; time points of measurement: pre-training of nursing and care staff, post-training/pre-intervention, post-intervention); feasibility of the intervention approach of the whole training and intervention phase (10 weeks training + 6 weeks intervention); process evaluation of the entire implementation phase (facility managers, nursing service managers, nursing and care staff, people with dementia) of the whole training and intervention phase (10 weeks training + 6 weeks intervention). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life of people with dementia (self-assessment and proxy rating with the QoL-AD); depression of people with dementia (self-assessment and proxy rating with the GDS and the CDS); psychiatric and behavioral symptoms of people with dementia (proxy rating with the NPI-NH); work-related quality of life and stress experience of nursing and care staff (self-assessment with the RCB-Related Distress Index); time points of measurement: pre-training of nursing and care staff, post-training/pre-intervention, post-intervention) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactÜmran Sema Seven
Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies, Medizinische Fakultät und Uniklinik Köln, Universität zu Köln
Outcome results
None listed