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Eastern European live-in carers in domestic care triads for people with dementia: Informal care concepts, communicative power and moral responsibilities

Eastern European live-in carers in domestic care triads for people with dementia: Informal care concepts, communicative power and moral responsibilities - TriaDe

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00024611
Enrollment
24
Registered
2022-10-17
Start date
2023-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

F00 F01 F02 F03

Interventions

Group 1: Observation of and interviews with people with dementia living at home, Eastern European live-in carers, and family caregivers.

Sponsors

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: For people with dementia: Diagnosed with dementia (self-declaration or by family), active participation in communication observable possible. For live-in carer: Eastern European origin (e.g. Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldawia).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For people with dementia: emotional or psychological burden through participation not reasonable. Reduced general health or cognitive abilities reduced to a degree which makes active participation in communication impossible. For live-in carer: Comunication in German not possible. Emotional or psychological burden through participation not reasonable. Stated or suspected participation because of social desirability.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Ethnographic study design (interviews, conversations, participant observation, video analysis, dementia care mapping), in which care triad in private households of people with dementia are investigated. The aim is the reconstruction of interaction and negotiation processes with the goal of theory building.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Document and media analysis with the aim of investigating the influence of organizational and legal frameworks as well as social discourses mediated by the media on moral conflicts in live-in dementia care.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMilena von Kutzleben

Abteilung Organisationsbezogene Versorgungsforschung, Fakultät VI Medizin und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

milena.von.kutzleben@uni-oldenburg.de0441 798 4540

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026