Use of Telemedicine in Collaboration Between a Psychogeriatric Unit and Nursing Homes (TESAM)

Sykehuset Innlandet HF

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Dementia; Behavioural Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Training in person centered care by supervision using video-conference

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01217268

TESAM

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators want to evaluate the use of video-conference in the collaboration between the investigators psychogeriatric department and nursing homes. The study aim is to give supervision on a regular basis to the caregivers on a special care unit for patients with dementia with behavioural disturbances during a period of half a year. The investigators want to investigate the impact on caregivers and patients by applying certain tests at baseline, during the intervention and half a year after the intervention.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being resident in a special care unit for persons with dementia

Exclusion criteria

• Shorter stay than four weeks before inclusion
• terminally ill

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Training and supervision of staff

Experimental group

Description:

Staff members get training in person centered care by supervision using video-conference kit

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training in person centered care by supervision using video-conference