Clinical trials: Long-term Care Facility
Aging, Nursing Homes
Effect of Sunlight Exposure and Outdoor Activities on Depression, Cognition and Quality of Life in the Elderly
Background: The transition to long-term care facility can be a stressful and emotional event for the elderly. The evidences showed that the prevalence of depression and the cognition impairment were higher in the…
- Conditions
- Aging, Nursing Homes, Depression in Old Age, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT03304301
- Testing
- sunlight exposure
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chiayi Christian Hospital
Aging, Vitamin Deficiency
Swiss Study on Vitamin D and Calcium in Nursing Homes
Residents of nursing homes are endangered by malnutrition and vitamin D deficiency. Our study checks compliance with Swiss federal recommendations on vitamin D and calcium supplementation among residents of a Swiss nursing home.
- Trial name
- NCT01653353
- Testing
- peer physician-applied recommendation to the physicians
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Pneumonia
Incidence of pNeumonia and Related ConseqUences in Nursing Home Residents
In the present proposal, we hypothesize that specifically targeting pneumonia events with preventive interventions in the French EHPAD (Etablissements d'Hébergement pour Personnes Agées Dépendantes) setting (thus, improving the…
- Trial name
- INCUR (NCT03286790)
- Testing
- Data collection on pneumonia events
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Hypertension
Hypertension in Long-Term Care Facilities
This study is exploratory in nature and seeks to describe hypertension diagnosis and management among patients in long-term care (LTC) facilities.
- Trial name
- NCT03046420
- Testing
- Chart review
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Polypharmacy
Feasibility Study of a Systematic Approach for Deprescribing of Statins and PPI's.
Deprescribing, the process of safely reducing or discontinuing unnecessary or harmful medication, has the potential to decrease polypharmacy and improve health outcomes.
- Trial name
- FeDeS+P (NCT04204590)
- Testing
- Deprescribing algorithm
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum
Quality of Life
Quality of Life (QOL), Nursing Home Residents, Vietnam.
Vietnam's rapidly aging population has increased the demand for institutional care, highlighting the importance of understanding quality of life (QoL) among older adults in nursing homes.
- Trial name
- QOLNHVN (NCT07202676)
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nguyen Thi Thu Trang
Cancer, Elderly
Optimization and Improvement of Care Course for 75 Years and Over Patient With Cancer and Living in Nursing Home on the Marseille Agglomeration
According to data from the French National Cancer Institute (INCA), almost one third of the cancers were diagnosed in overs 75 years patients in France in 2008.
- Trial name
- ONCO-EHPAD (NCT03103659)
- Testing
- personalised care plan
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Executive Dysfunctions
Prevalence of Impaired Executive Functions
The evaluation of executive functions, as well as the means of stimulating and preserving them, are at the heart of the challenges for maintaining a level of functional autonomy in the elderly, but also during the loss of this…
- Trial name
- EXEPA (NCT05311969)
- Testing
- cognitive evaluations and non cognitive evaluations
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation Korian pour le Bien Vieillir
Refractive Error, Cataract
Improving Vision and Quality of Life in the Nursing Home
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate whether interventions to improve vision in nursing home residents have an impact on residents' health-related quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT00347620
- Testing
- spectacles, Cataract Surgery
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Palliative Care
Improving Palliative Care Through Teamwork
One in three Americans dies in a nursing home (NH) or in a hospital, shortly following transfer from a long-term care facility. The proportion of deaths occurring in NHs is projected to increase to 40% by 2020.
- Trial name
- IMPACTT (NCT01990742)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Team (PCTeam)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Pre-Frailty, Sarcopenia in Elderly
Effects of Otago-based Multicomponent Exercise on Sarcopenia in Pre-Frailty Older Adults in Nursing Homes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The objective of this clinical trial is to understand the efficacy of a targeted exercise program (Otago exercise program+Strength training) in elderly people with prefrailty and sarcopenia.
- Trial name
- PA&P-F&SP (NCT06882720)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport
Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisations
Implementation and Evaluation of a Complex Intervention to Reduce Avoidable Transitions Between Nursing Home and Hospital
Hospital admissions can have a negative impact on the physical and emotional health of nursing home residents. Although evidence-based interventions have been developed to reduce hospitalisations, the evidence regarding their…
- Trial name
- RATHER-NH (NCT07359521)
- Testing
- RATHER-NH Toolkit
- Where
- 6 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Adverse Events Management in Nursing Homes
Risk Management in Nursing Homes
The Réseau QualiSanté (risk management network) hardly works on risk management in nursing homes. A model to help nursing homes managers to structure and analyze adverse events has been constructed by a working group of health…
- Trial name
- EHPAGE (NCT02908373)
- Testing
- Implementation of the coaching model
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,608 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes
This is a pragmatic cluster-randomized control trial (RCT) of an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Video Program for nursing home (NH) patients ≥ 65 years old who are cared for in 360 NH facilities (intervention arm n=119; control arm…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- PROVEN (NCT02612688)
- Testing
- ACP Video Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 197,692 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Dysphagia
The Impact of Diaphragm Training on Dysphagia in Elderly Nursing Home Residents
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the Diaphragm Training on swallowing function in Elderly Nursing Home Residents (≥60 year old) with swallowing disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT06393283
- Testing
- Diaphragm Training
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Copka Sonpashan
Sleep
Bath Machine on Sleep Quality in Nursing Home
The study is divided into two stages, the purposes of the first stage are (1) to examine the feasibility and simplicity of the operation of bathtub machine for nurse aides; (2) to examine the safety and comfortability of the…
- Trial name
- NCT03251274
- Testing
- machine bathing, traditional bathing
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Parkinson Disease
Training of Nursing Home Professionals and Quality of Life of Residents With Parkinson's Disease
The complexity of medication treatments and the diversity of symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) require healthcare professionals to have specific knowledge of the disease in order to manage symptoms optimally and on an…
- Trial name
- PARK-EHPAD (NCT06908460)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Physical Health, Mental Health
The Effectiveness of 3DVR Horticultural Therapy on Older Adults
This study intends to develop a 3DVR-based horticultural therapy intervention to explore the health effectiveness among older adults
- Trial name
- NCT04324203
- Testing
- Three-dimensional Virtual Reality and Horticultural Therapy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan Normal University
Influenza, Human, SARS Virus
Influence of Prior Infection With COVID-19 on Occurrence of Influenza-like Illness or Acute Respiratory Infection
Background: Each Belgian winter season is characterized by a wave of influenza like and respiratory symptoms. Especially, the elderly people are more vulnerable to be infected by influenza, but also RSV.
- Conditions
- Influenza, Human, SARS Virus, COVID-19, Espiratory Tract Infections
- Trial name
- PICOV (NCT04527614)
- Testing
- qRT-PCR and serology
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sciensano
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