Home-based Family Caregiver-delivered Music and Reading Interventions for People With Dementia (HOMESIDE)
Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Dementia focused on measuring music therapy, music interventions, home-based interventions, Reading, dementia, care giver
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Dyads (cohabiting) who are close in relationship and where one member has a diagnosis of dementia according to ICD-10 criteria (Alzheimer's Disease [AD], Frontotemporal Dementia, Vascular Dementia [VD], Lewy Body Disease, or mixed dementia) as determined by a clinician experienced in diagnosing dementia. Close in relationship refers to a caregiver who may be a sibling, spouse, adult child, friend, niece or nephew or any person who has a close relationship to the person with dementia, that is, anyone who is not a formal paid caregiver.
- Dyads where the person with dementia has a Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire (NPI-Q) Score of ≥6 (from a maximum score of 36)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dyads where either or both the caregiver or person with dementia have significant hearing impairments that are not resolved through the use of a hearing aid device and limit their capacity to enjoy musical experiences
- There will be no further exclusions
Sites / Locations
- The University of Melbourne
- University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
- Norwegian Academy of Music
- University of Physical Education in Krakow
- Anglia Ruskin University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
No Intervention
Music Intervention
Reading Intervention
Standard Care
The music intervention will be provided to participant dyads (people with dementia and their cohabiting family caregivers) allocated to the first intervention. Caregivers will be trained to use the music intervention in three 2-hour training sessions with an intervention trainer (a music therapist). Training will take place at the dyad's home. The caregiver will then be asked to deliver the music intervention to the person with dementia at least 5x per week for 30 minutes.
The reading intervention will be provided to participant dyads (people with dementia and their cohabiting caregivers) allocated to the second intervention. Caregivers will be trained to use the reading intervention in three 2-hour training sessions with an intervention trainer. Training will take place at the dyad's home. The caregiver will then be asked to deliver the reading intervention to the person with dementia at least 5x per week for 30 minutes.
Participant dyads (people with dementia and their cohabiting caregivers) allocated to the standard care group will not receive any training or be asked to deliver an intervention.