CAPABLE for Frail Dually Eligible Older Adults (CAPABLE500)

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Weakness

Treatments: Behavioral: 10 home-based functional services sessions over 4 months.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01743495

1C1CMS330970-01-00 (Other Identifier)

NA_00076471

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing offers this research study which aims to learn more about whether services that help with medications, muscle strengthening, pain management and changes to houses can help improve older adults' ability to, walk, and take care of themselves while saving costs by reducing hospitalizations and nursing home admissions.

Full description

• 65yrs or older
• Be able to stand (with or without assistance)
• Have some difficulty with getting dressed, or preparing food, bathing
• Receive a low monthly income
• Have no plans to move in the next year
• NOT be receiving home nursing or other therapy right now

Enrollment: 281 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 65 or older
• Cognitively intact (≥ 10 on Brief Interview of Mental Status)
• Difficulty with ≥ 2 IADLS or ≥ 1 ADL
• ≤ 199% of Federal Poverty level

Exclusion criteria

• Terminally ill

  --Active cancer treatment

• Hospitalized > 3 times in last 3 years

• Receiving home nursing, Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy

• Don't have phone or do plan to move in less than a year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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281 participants in 1 patient group

Functional Services

Other group

Description:

The program consists of up to 10 home-based functional services sessions over 4 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 10 home-based functional services sessions over 4 months.