Designing Care Management for Hospice Transitions for Persons Living With Advanced Dementia
Recruiting · NCT07182357 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: New York University
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Dementia Care Management Checklist for Hospice Transitions
What this trial is about
This study will test a care management intervention to guide end-of-life care and hospice transitions for persons with dementia and their care partners receiving home healthcare and ascertain feasibility, acceptability, fidelity, and usability of a dementia care management hospice transitions checklist. This study will also examine hospice enrollment, time to enrollment, and care partner satisfaction with the intervention. The intervention will be delivered within usual care management within a large home healthcare agency.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Eligibility criteria (as published)
Inclusion:
Care Partners and PLWD Dyad:
1. Care partners of PLWD who have a diagnosis of moderate to severe dementia.
2. Able to provide informed consent
HHC Professionals:
Care Managers and Field Nurses:
1. Care managers who regularly engage hospice transitions with care partners of PLWD
2. Age 18 or older
Medical Providers:
1. Medical providers (e.g., physicians and nurse practitioners) who refer patients for hospice enrollment.
2. Age 18 or older
HHC Administrators:
1. Home healthcare administrators who work with the Certified Home Health Agency or the Advanced Illness Management Program that refers patients to hospice care
2. Age 18 or older
Exclusion
Care Partner and PLWD Dyad
1. Under age 18
2. Care partners who are caring for PLWD with Mild Cognitive Impairment
3. PLWD with Mild Cognitive Impairment
HHC Professionals: Care Managers, Medical Providers, Administrators
1\. Do not have experience managing hospice transitions for PLWD
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and VNS Health - New York, New York, United States