Modifying a Telephone Based Care Program to Assess for Self-Neglect

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Self Neglect

Treatments

Behavioral: Benjamin Rose Institute Care Consultation (BRI-CC)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03885063

HSC-SN-18-0741

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of enrollment, attrition, and adherence of Benjamin Rose Institute Care Consultation (BRI-CC) on unmet needs in low-income older adults who screen positive for dementia and their caregiver (CG).

Enrollment

22 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

able to provide consent and understand English since most of the measures have not been translated into other languages
has a CG willing to participate, specifically the CG must provide assistance in personal care, daily living tasks, and/or healthrelated decisions at least 3 hours per day and at least 3 days per week
screen positive for dementia.

Exclusion criteria

participant who receives home-delivered meals plans to relocate to long-term care prior to study enrollment
reportedly moving out of the catchment area during the proposed study period
non-English speaking
unable to provide informed consent
pre-diagnosed terminal illness
non-working telephone
visual impairment inhibiting the dyad from reading the instruments