Conservation of Praxis in the Food and Alzheimer Disease (PRAXALIM)

University of Limoges (UL)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01743534

I09023

Details and patient eligibility

About

The insanities, priority of public health in 2008, have significant prevalency in Limousin, region in the ageing demography (1/3 of the population is more than 60 years old against 1/5th of average in France). To prevent the lack of therapeutic solutions, for these evolutionary diseases, the new plan Alzheimer 2008-2012 encourages the research.

The insanities deprive gradually the individual of their autonomy, their personality and their identity. The help of an institution is sometimes inevitable. In the middle of this stressful environment, the patient affected by severe insanity, need marks.

The aspect of their old objects, significant for them, has to be prioritized because the institutional universe, often depersonalized doesn't mean anything for them. In front of repeated failures, they're hurt in their self respect.

The prevention of the undernutrition, comes by a preservation of praxis and pleasure at table. The institutional plate used in certain hospital sectors, is unpersonal (rectangular, divided) and can be destabilizing for the mentally ill person.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women of more than 75 years
• Patients suffering from insanities of type Alzheimer
• Severe stage of the disease
• Residents in a Hospital for dependent old persons, with its own dining room
• Persons accommodated in the clinical service for more than 30 days
• EBS score <16
• Information in the participation of the resident, their legal representative and their family
• Patients affiliated to the Social Security.
• Filled and signed form of participation
• Patient having a appointed reliable person or one helping known whose references are indicated in the patient file.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients presenting pathologies being able to interfere with the evaluation
• Participating patients in another research for type clinical trial.
• Undernutrition patients
• Patients presenting oral hurts
• Protected patient or having nobody helping.

Trial design

32 participants in 1 patient group

Conservation of praxies and form plates