Feasibility trial of the HOME intervention for staff in homelessness hostels supporting older residents with memory problems.

Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of a training and support intervention for homelessness hostel staff supporting older residents with memory problems: Work package 3 of HOME (Homeless, Older and experiencing MEmory problems) study.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN28374317

Enrollment

Registered

2023-08-15

Start date

2023-08-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-02-03

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Conditions

Dementia or significant memory disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

The HOME intervention is a group-based training and support intervention for staff working in homelessness hostels supporting residents aged fifty and over with memory problems. The intervention compr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Hostel staff: 1. 18 years or older 2. Providing direct support to some residents with memory problems 3. Working any weekday, daytime shifts 4. Willing and able to give written or audio-recorded informed consent 5. Able to understand spoken English Hostel residents: 1. Aged 50 years or over 2. A recorded diagnosis of dementia 3. A score of =2/6 on the Noticeable Problems Checklist proxy measure (indicative of significant memory disorder)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Staff planning on leaving work within the hostel within six months 2. Residents with memory problems known to be moving on within the next three months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcomes for the feasibility trial will be: 1. The proportion of hostel staff participants adhering to intervention (attending at least 4/6 sessions) measured using an adherence log of staff participants attending each session at three months 2. The proportion of participating staff completing candidate primary outcome for a full trial at follow-up - Sense of Competence in Dementia Scale (SCIDS) or Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) at six months	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary outcomes for the feasibility trial will be: 1. The proportion of hostel staff participants adhering to intervention (attending at least 4/6 sessions) measured using an adherence log of staff participants attending each session at three months 2. The proportion of participating staff completing candidate primary outcome for a full trial at follow-up - Sense of Competence in Dementia Scale (SCIDS) or Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) at six months

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. The proportion of participating older people for whom the potential primary outcome for the main trial is completed at follow-up measured using the EQ5D-5 level and the Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale (DADS) at six months 2. The estimated cost of delivering the intervention to inform their feasibility in a future full trial measured using the hourly cost of training and supervising facilitators; hours spent by facilitators delivering training and supervision in hostels; hours spent by staff engaging in the intervention; capital travel and materials costs; and numbers of residents supported. We will obtain staff costs from published sources and use the Client Services Receipt Inventory (CSRI) at baseline and six months 3. The acceptability of and fidelity to the intervention measured using a mixed methods process evaluation; acceptability will be measured by focus groups at three months and individual qualitative interviews at six months; fidelity will be assessed using checklists applied independently to transcribed audio recordings of the training sessions by two researchers to assess intervention acceptability and required refinements at three and six months post-intervention	—

Measure

Time frame

1. The proportion of participating older people for whom the potential primary outcome for the main trial is completed at follow-up measured using the EQ5D-5 level and the Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale (DADS) at six months 2. The estimated cost of delivering the intervention to inform their feasibility in a future full trial measured using the hourly cost of training and supervising facilitators; hours spent by facilitators delivering training and supervision in hostels; hours spent by staff engaging in the intervention; capital travel and materials costs; and numbers of residents supported. We will obtain staff costs from published sources and use the Client Services Receipt Inventory (CSRI) at baseline and six months 3. The acceptability of and fidelity to the intervention measured using a mixed methods process evaluation; acceptability will be measured by focus groups at three months and individual qualitative interviews at six months; fidelity will be assessed using checklists applied independently to transcribed audio recordings of the training sessions by two researchers to assess intervention acceptability and required refinements at three and six months post-intervention

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactGarrett Kidd

G.Kidd@ucl.ac.ukNone provided

Outcome results

None listed

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