3D Team Care for Cognitively Vulnerable Older Adults
Key facts
- Who runs it
- UConn Health
- Where
- Farmington, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 506 people enrolled
- Started
- 6 Mar 2017
- Ended
- 31 Jul 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Home Based Care Team
- Telephone Based Care Team
- Record updated
- 1 November 2024
Who can take part
- Age
- 65 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Evidence of dementia, depression, and/or delirium, based on diagnostic codes found in medical claims data and based on screening at time of study screening
- Living in the community, including assisted living facility, at time of randomization
- Plan to live in geographic area for 12 months
- Speak or understand English
- Willing to be randomly assigned to intervention or active comparator group
Who cannot take part
- Diagnosed schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
- For individuals with dementia, family caregiver is unavailable or unwilling to enroll in study
- Bedbound and non-communicative
- Life expectancy <12 months
- Already enrolled in active comparator program
Where in United States
- UConn Center on AgingFarmington, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study addresses how to achieve better outcomes for cognitively vulnerable community-dwelling older adults and their families. Cognitive vulnerability means living with dementia, depression, and/or a recent episode of delirium (the 3Ds). The investigators will test the effectiveness of a team care model focused on the 3Ds (Home Based Care Team) guided by nurse practitioners with expertise in geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry. Specific aims are to determine Home Based Care Team effects on hospitalization or emergency department use, and other outcomes including depression, disability, and quality of life.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Home Based Care TeamTreatment being tested
Primarily in-home treatment provided by team led by nurse practitioner with geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry expertise.
- Telephone Based Care TeamExisting treatment, for comparison
Primarily telephone-based treatment provided by existing care management program offered by collaborating Medicare Advantage insurer.
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 1 November 2024