An efficacy study of a cognitive-communicative intervention to improve transition to residential care in dementia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/511208

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The transition from home to a residential aged care facility (RACF) is a potentially traumatic process that has a negative impact on the health and well-being of both people with dementia and their caregivers. This project will develop an intervention program for people with dementia that maximizes their ability to learn and retain functional skills and that enhances the communicative competence of both people with dementia and their carergivers. This will serve to minimize the stress and disorientation, as well as accompanying increased risk of illness, of entering residential care. We will investigate whether this intervention program has good outcomes both for the people with dementia as well as their caregivers. The research will develop guidelines for the development of best-practice policies for service providers and the government, which will assist both health workers and homebased caregivers to better manage the transition of people with dementia from home to the RACF environment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Strategic Awards

Funding Amount: $681,083.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Residential Client Care

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Behavioural intervention | Cognitive impairment | Community geriatrics | Dementia | Memory

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