Behavioural Disorders, Dementia
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators want to evaluate the use of video-conference in the collaboration between the investigators psychogeriatric department and nursing homes. The study aim is to give supervision on a regular basis to the caregivers on a special care unit for patients with dementia with behavioural disturbances during a period of half a year. The investigators want to investigate the impact on caregivers and patients by applying certain tests at baseline, during the intervention and half a year after the intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTraining in person centered care by supervision using video-conference
The investigators will use video-conference for supervising and training of staff members in nursing homes
Sponsors
Norwegian Department of Health and Social Affairs
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being resident in a special care unit for persons with dementia
Exclusion criteria
* Shorter stay than four weeks before inclusion * terminally ill
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Neuropsychiatric inventory - nursing home version (NPI-NH) | week 48 | The investigators want to find out if a supervision of staff members over a six months time, using video-conference technic, contributes to improvement in patients' behaviour registered by NPI-NH |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Person-centered Care Assessment Tool (P-CAT) Person centered care assessment tool (P-CAT) | week 48 | Measures the effect of our intervention related to apply person centred dementia care |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed