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Supportive Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Families
Sponsor: Stanford University
Summary
Currently almost 5 million Americans suffer from the distressing symptoms related to dementia and this number that will triple by 2050. The overall goals of the proposed project are to evaluate, in community dwelling Alzheimer's Disease Research Center participants the benefits of a 12-month nurse-led early palliative intervention on symptoms, quality of life, health care resource use. The relevance of this research to public health is that there is an urgent need to improve the palliative care of persons with dementia living in the community. This study will contribute substantially to that effort.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
65 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2019-12-18
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2026-03-03
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
nurse-led supportive care assessment
Trained project nurses will conduct systematic assessment and provide coaching to patients in the experimental arm
Locations (1)
VJ Periyakoil
Palo Alto, California, United States