Status:
COMPLETED
INSPIRE: Feasibility of a Community-based Integrated Care Model for Older Adults Living at Home
Lead Sponsor:
University of Basel
Collaborating Sponsors:
Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Conditions:
Frailty
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Background: The care of older people, often suffering from multiple chronic health problems is complex. As a result, many home-dwelling older people receive long-term care by a large number of care pr...
Detailed Description
Background The care of older people, often suffering from multiple chronic health problems is complex. As a result, many home-dwelling older people receive long-term care by a large number of care pro...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Older adults (1A)
- All older adults visiting/contacting the Information and Advice Center
- Older adults (1B)
- Inclusion criteria:
- Aged 64 years or older (as this is the statutory retirement age for women in Switzerland and the minimum age of the group we expect to use the Fachstelle services) Living at home German or English-speaking Providing Individual/Proxy Informed Consent (See "3A Informed Consent - Older adult"/"3B Informed Consent -Relative").
- Had a Fachstelle health record created
- Exclusion criteria:
- Residing in a nursing home or planned permanent admission to a nursing home Receiving end-of-life care
- Older adults (1C)
- Inclusion criteria:
- Aged 75 years or older Living at home Living in the participating care region Leimental English or German-speaking Groningen Frailty Indicator \[GFI\] ≥4 If the older adult had a CGA by the IAC staff Providing Individual/Proxy Informed Consent (See 3A "Informed Consent - Older adult"/ 3B "Informed Consent -Relative")
- Exclusion criteria:
- Residing in a nursing home or planned permanent admission to a nursing home Receiving end-of-life care Participation in another study with health-related interventions within the 30 days preceding or during the present study GFI \< 4 If the older adult did not have a CGA by the IAC staff
- Informal caregivers (2)
- Inclusion criteria:
- Individuals who attended a IAC appointment (in the center or at home) with a participating older adult.
- The older adult must agree for the INSPIRE research team to contact the informal caregiver.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Individuals who did not attend a IAC appointment with a participating older adult or who were not present in a home visit by IAC staff (as the interview questions focus on their perception of the IAC's feasibility and acceptability) Any individuals whom the older adult did not agree for the INSPIRE research team to be contacted
- IAC nurse and social worker (3)
- Inclusion criteria:
- • Individuals employed by the IAC BPA Leimental as a Nurse or Social Worker
- Exclusion criteria:
- • Other individuals employed by the IAC BPA Leimental (e.g., Administration)
- External collaborators (4)
- Inclusion criteria:
- • Individual health or social care providers who are indicated in the IAC health record as having worked together with the IAC nurse(s) or social worker in the care coordination of a participating older adult
- Exclusion criteria:
- • Individual health or social care providers who have not contributed to the coordination of care with the IAC staff for a participating older adult
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 21 2022
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 10 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05302310
Start Date
March 21 2022
End Date
October 10 2022
Last Update
November 29 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Fachstelle BPA Leimental (Information and Advice Center of Leimental)
Oberwil, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, 4104