Clinical trials: Home Care
Frontline Staff Working Within Personal Care Home Facilities
Supporting Healthcare Improvement Through Facilitation & Training
SHIFT will support personal care home (PCH) staff to conduct quality improvement (QI) initiatives more purposefully and objectively in their regular care setting in ways that help to sustainably improve the quality of care and/or…
- Trial name
- SHIFT (NCT06106087)
- Testing
- Mixed methods quality improvement intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Oral Health, Old Age; Dementia
Evaluation of the Use of a Novel Oral Health Screening Instrument by Caregivers in Nursing Homes
BACKGROUND: Oral health of nursing home residents is often poor. Oral health is related to general health, quality of life and well-being.
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Old Age; Dementia, Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes
- Trial name
- OHS-interRAI (NCT06536322)
- Testing
- OHS-interRAI
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 462 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
to Investigate the Level of Fatigue Among Terminal Cancer Patients Receiving Home-based Hospice Care
Cancer-related Fatigue Among Patients Receiving Home-based Palliative Care
Cancer-related fatigue, which significantly impacts the quality of life, is prevalent among patients with terminal cancer. The experiences of fatigue, its associated needs, and the strategies for managing it are closely linked to…
- Trial name
- NCT06498193
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Polypathological Patient Having Obtained a Place in Home Nursing Care Services SSIAD by Medical Prescription
Assessment of Medico-economic Relevance of Care of Polypathological Patients by a Reinforced Home Nursing Care Services (SSIAD) Device
The main purpose is to study, in comparison to classic Home Nursing Care Services (SSIAD), the effect of reinforced Home Nursing Care Services (SSIAD) on the occurrence of hospitalizations
- Trial name
- SSIADR (NCT03992040)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 677 people
- Sponsor
- Gérond'if
Social Isolation, Well-being
Effectiveness of a Communication Device in Home Care Services in Norway: Does Komp Make Older Adults Feel Happier, Safer and More Connected, and Able to Live Longer at Home.
This study is a field trial where "Komp" is implemented and tested as part of Oslo Municipality's home care services for older adults.
- Conditions
- Social Isolation, Well-being, Quality of Life, Mental Health
- Trial name
- BoVEL (NCT05919355)
- Testing
- Offer to try Komp
- Where
- 3 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
Dental Devices, Home Care
Two Week Cumulative Extrinsic Stain Removal of a Battery-powered Toothbrush and a Manual Toothbrush
To evaluate and compare the extrinsic stain removal efficacy of a battery-powered toothbrush and a manual toothbrush following two weeks of brushing.
- Trial name
- NCT06292611
- Testing
- Battery operated toothbrush, Manual toothbrush
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Church & Dwight Company, Inc.
Family Members, Home Care Services
Supporting Older Spousal Caregivers Who Care for a Partner With Multimorbidity at Home
Research problem and specific questions: This project aims to evaluate the person-centred Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention (C SNAT-I), in Swedish "Ditt behov av stöd".
- Conditions
- Family Members, Home Care Services, Support, Family
- Trial name
- NCT06229431
- Testing
- The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention (CSNAT-I)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Ersta Sköndal University College
Palliative Care, Hypnosis
Brief Hypnosis Intervention for Palliative Care Patients and Their Relatives.
The study objective is to assess the feasibility of hypnosis sessions for palliative care patients in home care and of their relatives.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Hypnosis, Home
- Trial name
- HypnoPal (NCT05300126)
- Testing
- Hypnosis
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Home Care for Elderly or Disabled Individuals
Evaluating the Impact of Training for IHSS Workers
This trial investigates whether high-quality training for consumer-directed home health workers impacts health outcomes for care consumers and employment outcomes for care workers.
- Trial name
- NCT06205433
- Testing
- IHSS Basic Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Staff and Older Persons With Home Care Service
The Effects and Meaning of a Person-centred and Health-promoting Intervention in Home Care Services
Current home care service are to a large extent task oriented with a limited focus on care recipient's involvement. Furthermore, studies have shown that low care recipients' involvement might decrease older people's quality of…
- Trial name
- NCT02846246
- Testing
- Person-centred and health-promoting home care service, Care as usual
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Quality of End-of-life Care in Nursing Homes
Quality End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes
The purpose of this study is to examine key organizational structures and processes (leadership, teamwork, communication, palliative care) and their impact on the quality of end-of-life care for dying residents and their family…
- Trial name
- NCT00616473
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,169 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Utilization of Nursing, Medical and Therapeutical Care of People Living at Home With Care Needs
Development and Testing of an Interprofessional, Person-centered Care Concept for People Living at Home With Care Needs.
The aim of the project is to develop and pilot measures to optimize the person-centered cooperation between nursing services, general practitioners and members of the therapeutic professions in the care of people living at home…
- Trial name
- interprof HOME (NCT05149937)
- Testing
- interprofessional, person-centered care concept
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Goettingen
Oral Screening for Elderly in Aged Care Homes
Accuracy of Teledentistry Versus Direct Oral Examination for Elderly in Aged-Care Homes: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study
The residents will receive oral health education, then three examiners ( licensed dentists ) will perform the direct oral examination of the participants.
- Trial name
- NCT05101681
- Testing
- Teledentistry
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Transitional Care, Frail Elderly
Making Health Care Safer for Older Adults Receiving Skilled Home Health Care Services After Hospital Discharge
Care transitions are the movement of a person from one healthcare setting to another. Older adults who require skilled home health care ("home health") services (e.g., home-based nursing) after hospital discharge are at high risk…
- Conditions
- Transitional Care, Frail Elderly, Home Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT05182060
- Testing
- Transition Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 761 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Advance Care Planning, Nursing Homes
Effect of Advance Care Planning to Improve Patient-centered Care of Nursing Home Residents
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an approach to support individuals in understanding and sharing their values, treatment goals, and preferences regarding future medical care.
- Trial name
- BEVOR (NCT04333303)
- Testing
- Implementation of a complex regional Advance Care Planning program
- Where
- 4 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 5,927 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Malignant Neoplasm, Home Care Services
SupporTive Care At Home Research for Patients With Advanced Cancer (STAHR-cancer)
To test the effects of home-based care on unplanned hospitalization within 6 months among advanced cancer patients with decreased performance status.
- Conditions
- Malignant Neoplasm, Home Care Services, Quality of LIfe, Unplanned Hospitalization
- Trial name
- HOMECARE (NCT05636384)
- Testing
- Home-based care
- Where
- 6 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 396 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Geriatrics, Home Care Services
Live Better at Home in Catalonia
The intensity of the home care interventions for dependent older people offered in Spain, and specifically in Catalonia, may not be sufficient to help keep older people at home and delay institutionalisation in a nursing home…
- Trial name
- VMCat (NCT05567965)
- Testing
- Home care intervention
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Transitional Care Coordination, Home Visits
Collaborative Home Visits to Reduce Hospital Readmissions and Improve Medication Use During Transitions of Care
The primary objective is to develop a sustainable practice model emphasizing home visits by a collaborative physician and pharmacist team to decrease unplanned emergency department visits and hospital readmissions at 30 and 90…
- Trial name
- NCT02087072
- Testing
- Collaborative visit with provider and pharmacist
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Utilization of Medical Care by Nursing Home Residents
Effect of Strategies to Improve General Practitioner-nurse Collaboration and Communication
Previously,six measures were developed for a better collaboration of general practitioners and nurses in nursing homes in a qualitative multistep bottom-up process.
- Trial name
- interprof ACT (NCT03426475)
- Testing
- interprof ACT measures
- Where
- 4 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 680 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Goettingen
Mother, Premature
The Effect of the Mobile Application Developed for Home Care of Preterm
mobile application will be developed to support the post-discharge home care of mothers of premature babies. With the developed mobile application, the effect of the education given to the mothers on the knowledge and skills of…
- Conditions
- Mother, Premature, Education, Home Care
- Trial name
- NCT05438056
- Testing
- education with mobile application
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara University