Status:
COMPLETED
Project COPE:Managing Dementia at Home
Lead Sponsor:
Thomas Jefferson University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Conditions:
Dementia, Alzheimer Type
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This study tests the effectiveness of an in-home intervention to reduce upset and burden among family caregivers, and decrease nursing home placement. The main hypothesis that will be tested is that c...
Detailed Description
Implement a multi-component in-home intervention designed to prevent and ameliorate the troublesome behaviors that families typically confront and that often trigger nursing home placement. The interv...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Care-recipients must have a MMSE score \< 24 and a diagnosis of dementia, live in the community, and either need help with one or more daily activities and/or have one or more behavioral occurrences. Caregivers must be a relative, at least 21 years of age, be English speaking, have a telephone, either live with the care-recipient (CR) or spend at least 48 hours per week in direct oversight or caring for him/her; plan to live in the area for 9 months, report upset with CR function dependence or behavioral occurrences.
Exclusion
- The CG-CR dyad will be excluded if CR has had more than 3 hospitalizations within the past 12 months, are in treatment for life-threatening cancer, have schizophrenia or a bipolar disorder, have dementia secondary to head trauma, have a MMSE score = 0 and are bed-bound (defined as confinement to bed or chair for at least 22 hours a day for at least four of the previous seven days); or they are enrolled in a clinical trial of pharmacological treatment for agitation. Also, the dyad will be excluded if the CG had more than 3 hospitalizations within the past 12 months or is in treatment for life-threatening cancer; is involved in another clinical trial of psychosocial or educational interventions for caregivers; or plans to place their family member in a nursing home within the next 9-months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
278 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00259454
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
July 1 2009
Last Update
March 16 2010
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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107