Dementia (NLD: dementie).
Conditions
Interventions
Small scale living facilities have a maximum of 8 residents per house or unit. Residents and professional caregivers form a household: activities of daily life are central and they cook together. Prof
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Psychogeriatric residents living in regular nursing homes or in small scale living facilities with the (probable) diagnosis dementia, their family caregivers and professional caregivers.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Residents in a terminal disease stage, who are expected being transferred within 6 months; 2. Residents who live less than 4 months in the facility; 3. Korsakov or other psychiatric diseases except for dementia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Residents: quality of life. Family caregivers: care burden, satisfaction and involvement with care and wellbeing. Professional caregivers: job satisfaction. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Residents: behavioral problems, ADL, Cognition, Mood, Social functioning, use of physical restraints, use of heath care services, weight, psychofarmaca Family caregivers: sense of competence Professional caregivers: workload, autonomy, social support. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactHilde Verbeek,
Maastricht University Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences ZW/VW P.O. 616
Outcome results
None listed