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Filter by:Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro conduct a single-arm intervention trial to investigate the efficacy of a music-based group exercise program for community-dwelling older adults. Up to forty participants will be recruited to participate in a music-based light-to-moderate intensity group exercise program for 20 weeks (30 - 40 min/day, up to 6 days/week), which is designed for older adults with or without functional limitations to exercise with chairs for the improvement of aerobic capacity, upper and lower body strength, and balance control at a gradually increasing pace. During the exercise sessions, participants will be trained to move in time with music playlists in synchronous tempos. Primary outcomes are cognitive performance, mobility, and health-related quality of life measured before and after the intervention. Secondary outcomes are adherence to the exercise program as a potential mediator of the treatment.
Objectives: Specific mobility programs can delay the functional decline in people with dementia (PwD) and help to preserve their abilities of daily living. Respite care is a common used short time inpatient service (max. 4 weeks of stay) to support dementia care arrangements. Within the DESKK project, a concept is developed which complements and optimizes dementia-specific respite care through a mobility program and a counseling program. As one part of the DESKK study, it is the aim to develop and implement a time effective and evidence based mobility program for PwD in respite care which can be individually adapted on PwD needs and preferences. It includes a short "homework-program" for caring relatives to facilitate ongoing mobility training of the PwD after returned back home. Methods: A pilot based, quasi-experimental evaluation study is conducted in a specialized respite care facility for PwD. The concept was developed on the basis of a comprehensive literature research, study visits at existing counseling programs as well as expert workshops with practitioners and scientists. To evaluate the implementation process, qualitative data are collected by single und group interviews. Quantitative data are collected using validated instruments to assess mobility and cognitive function of PwD. A mixed methods triangulation approach will be used to aggregate qualitative and quantitative data. Discussion: It is expected that the RC concept will be suitable and understandable for the staff, so that it can be implemented in the RC facility. As a result of the mobility program, the physical abilities of the PwDs should improve. Similar, the burden of the caregivers should be reduced by combined effects of the counselling program and the higher mobility level of the PwD. The whole DESKK concept, including a systematic counseling program for caring relatives, which is not part of this presentation, will be described in form of a practice friendly website to get disseminated into clinical routine after its successful evaluation.
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of a two week respite program (Red Cross) for homeless people just discharged from hospitals in the capital region of Denmark. The study is a randomized controlled trial and an economic evaluation. The intervention is a 2 week stay at a Red Cross respite care center. The intervention is intended for homeless people or functional homeless, who has been admitted to hospital and received standard medical care and treatment at the hospital. Under normal circumstances the homeless patients would be discharged to live on the street and receive care from programs in the municipalities. The respite center offers standard nursing care, rest with a place to sleep, food and help dealing with social problems such as economy and housing. The respite care center is led by a nurse who is represented during daytime from Monday to Friday and besides that, volunteers are used as staff. The control group is receiving usual care and is discharged to the street and the usual communal programs. The study examines whether a 2 week stay is cost effective and whether it can improve the health related quality of live (HRQoL). The hypothesis is that a respite care stay will result in a 25 % reduction in health care costs and increase the HRQoL.