Lighthouse Project on Dementia, Ulm, Germany (ULTDEM)

University of Ulm

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: advice (e.g. medical and social aspects, care, support at home, residential advice, legal aspects, demonstration of help and support for the relatives)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00693888

LTDemenz-44-052

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Geriatric Center Ulm scientifically supported a three-year pilot study (ProjektDEMENZ Ulm), in which numerous findings on the system of care regarding people suffering from dementia and their relatives were determined.

One of the most important conclusions is the significant lack of information on the well-functioning network of the care system in Ulm. The full potential of the network is not being exploited.

The situation in the Alb-Donau-Kreis - the area surrounding Ulm - is very similar.

The investigators' aim is to improve the utilization of the system of care for those suffering from dementia in Ulm/Alb-Donau-Kreis by using a newly designed advisory approach (Lighthouse Project on Dementia, Ulm, ULTDEM study).

The purpose of the study is to prove the effectiveness of this procedure by using a prospective, open, randomized, controlled, interventional study.

After the randomization, the interventional group is given comprehensive, individual advice about available treatment possibilities for people suffering from dementia.

In addition, they have the opportunity to re-evaluate their present diagnostic procedure.

The participants of the control group receive the standard treatment. Inclusion criterion is the application of a care level ( level 0 or 1). Recruitment will take one year. A final assessment will be taken every six months.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• dementia (MMSE < 24)
• signing up for classification of care level (0 or 1)
• community dwelling elderly (older than 60 years)
• member of certain health insurance provider (AOK, Barmer, DAK)
• residents of Ulm / Alb-Donau-Kreis

Exclusion criteria

• result from the inclusion criteria
• cancer
• consuming disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

interventional group

Experimental group

Description:

individual comprehensive primary advice (e.g. medical and social aspects, care, support at home, residential advice, legal aspects, demonstration of help and support for the relatives)

Treatment:

Behavioral: advice (e.g. medical and social aspects, care, support at home, residential advice, legal aspects, demonstration of help and support for the relatives)

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

only informative flyer, no further advice in any direction