Dementia
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention is a Low-threshold Psychogeriatric Day treatment in the community, which can also include, if so desired, Support for informal Carers, based on the Meeting centres Model (LPD-plus CS)
Sponsors
VU medical centre, EMGO+ Institute of Health and Care Research, Department of nursing home medicine.
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Micro level: 1. Community-dwelling people with dementia, newly registered to the regular psychogeriatric day treatment or the LPD-plus CS; 2. Informal carers of the people with dementia. Meso level: Regular psychogeriatric day treatments in the nursing home who are willing to make the transition to low-treshold Psychogeriatric Day treatment plus caregiver support in the community.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Micro level: People living in residential care. Meso level: Day treatment in residential homes (instead of nursing homes).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Micro level: 1. Relevant items of the MDS-NPO (Minimale DataSet Nationaal Programma Ouderenzorg); 2. Quality of life person with dementia (QOL-AD); 3. Behaviour and mood problems person with dementia (NPI-Q); 4. Needs of person with dementia (Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly, CANE); 5. Burden of informal carer; 6. Sense of competence of informal carer (SSCQ); 7. Needs of carer (Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly, CANE). Meso level: Cooperation between care and welfare organizations in the community. Macro level: Cost-effectiveness. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Micro level: 1. Use of LPD (duration of use, waiting lists in the region); 2. Time to Nursing home admission; 3. Work satisfaction of personnel. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactRose-Marie Dröes
Department of Psychiatry VU University medical center Valeriusplein 9
Outcome results
None listed