Outreach-ER: A Dementia Care Intervention Program

HealthPartners Institute

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: Outreach-ER

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05451693

A22-086

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a feasibility/pilot, prospective cohort study to determine how to implement and refine Outreach-ER intervention for a larger clinical study. A key feature of Outreach-ER is to reach out to people living with dementia (PLWD) and their families following an emergency room visit or hospitalization. The outcome of this study will help in the overall goal of studying the impact of Outreach-ER in a larger clinical study and focus on outcomes relevant to PLWD and their care partners.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• PLWD with a recent Emergency department visit or admission at Regions Hospital
• Diagnosis of dementia based on international classification of diseases (ICD) Codes in the medical record
• Provides informed consent prior to participation
• Must be able to read and speak English
• PLWD Living at Home
• Age >=18 years for PLWD and their care partner

Exclusion criteria

• PLWD living in a nursing home/Long term care - Assisted living facility
• Current involvement in another clinical research study/trial for care partners
• PLWD medical record number (MRN) on the HealthPartners (HP) exclusion list

Trial design

8 participants in 1 patient group

Outreach-ER

Description:

Outreach-ER is a psychosocial intervention designed by dementia experts in the field of care partner interventions. The care plan will be personalized to the needs of the care partner/people living with dementia (PLWD).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Outreach-ER