Partners in Dementia Care: A Telephone Care Consultation Intervention Provided to Veterans in Partnership With Local Alzheimer's Association Chapters (PDC)
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Dementia focused on measuring Delivery of Health Care, Integrated, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Dementia, Patient Care Management
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Dementia Diagnosis veteran reside outside of a long-term care facility live within local Alzheimer Association chapter service of Houston, Oklahoma City, Boston, or Providence Exclusion Criteria: Live in long-term care
Sites / Locations
- VA Boston Health Care System, Jamaica Plain
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus
- Oklahoma City, OK
- VA Medical Center, Providence
- Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic
- Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Partners in Dementia Care
Usual Care
PDC is telephone-based care consultation intervention jointly delivered by care consultants in the VA and local Alzheimer's Association. The steps in care consultation included 1) Assessment of medical and non-medical care needs; 2) Development of a care plan that addresses needs of patients and caregivers; 3) on-going monitoring of the status, progress, and barriers encountered; and 4) Reassessment of care needs for patients and caregivers. PDC assisted families by: 1) providing disease-related education and information, 2) offering emotional support and coaching, 3) linking families to medical and non-medical services and resources, and 4) mobilizing and organizing the informal care network.
Patients and caregivers at the three control VA settings were given a packet of educational materials on dementia and usual-care community resources.