Clinical trials: Long-term Care Facility
Infection Control
Preventability of Infections in Residents of French Nursing Homes
STUDY HYPOTHESIS : An infection prevention program adapted for the nursing home context can reduce by 5% the number of infections (urinary, upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal) in elderly residents in nursing homes.
- Trial name
- ENLIL (NCT01069497)
- Testing
- Prevention of infections program
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Observatoire du Risque Infectieux en Gériatrie
Physical Disability
The Effectiveness of Specialist Seating Provision for Nursing Home Residents
A randomized control study aimed to investigate if suitable individualized seating provision is effective for adult nursing home residents in reducing the incidence of pressure ulcers, and increasing their quality of life and…
- Trial name
- NCT02926313
- Testing
- Individualized Seating provision
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
COVID-19
Epidemiological Multicohort Study of Latent COVID-19 Infections
Cross-sectional study to detect latent COVID-19 infections in residents and staff of old people's and nursing homes in the city of Solingen with a prospective follow-up of 6 months in a subgroup.
- Trial name
- NCT04695678
- Testing
- COVID-19 nasal/pharyngeal swab
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,462 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wissenschaftliches Institut Bethanien e.V
Organizational Context
Improving Nursing Home Care Through Feedback On PerfoRMance Data
This project will evaluate three different strategies to get research findings back to managers of care units in nursing homes. Feedback will be provided in a timely and effective way so that it results in improvements in…
- Trial name
- INFORM (NCT02695836)
- Testing
- Initial face-to-face dissemination workshop, Face-to-face goal setting workshop, Virtual support workshops
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Alzheimer's Disease
Utilization of Exergame Programs Among Elderly Residents in Rural Nursing Care Centers
Background: Cognitive impairment is prevalent among older adults and frequently misdiagnosed or diagnosed late, increasingly drawing attention as a significant health issue in aging populations.
- Trial name
- NCT06717971
- Testing
- Exergame-based multicomponent training program., Standard care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 232 people
- Sponsor
- Aoyu Li
Dementia
The Effect of Movement-oriented Dementia Care on ADL and QoL of Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes
The purpose of this study is to determine whether movement-oriented dementia care has a positive effect on quality of life and independence in activities of daily living (ADL) in nursing-home residents with dementia.
- Trial name
- Solis MDC (NCT03001232)
- Testing
- Movement-oriented Dementia Care
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- VU University of Amsterdam
Muscle Weakness
CAPABLE for Frail Dually Eligible Older Adults
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing offers this research study which aims to learn more about whether services that help with medications, muscle strengthening, pain management and changes to houses can help improve older adults'…
- Trial name
- CAPABLE500 (NCT01743495)
- Testing
- 10 home-based functional services sessions over 4 months.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 281 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Disorder of Immune Function
Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Serum Zinc Level in Nursing Home Elderly
Background: Zinc supplementation has the potential to improve serum zinc levels and immunity of zinc deficient nursing home elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT01599572
- Testing
- zinc supplementation
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Sarcopenia in Elderly
Effects of Sarcopenia on Proprioception, Kinesiophobia, and Pressure Pain Threshold
The aim of this observational study is to reveal the effect of sarcopenia on cervical proprioception, kinesiophobia and pressure pain threshold in geriatric individuals living in a nursing home.
- Trial name
- NCT07269600
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Atılım University
Dementia
Deprescribing Intervention Among Nursing Home Residents With Major Neurocognitive Disorders
Canadians with neurocognitive disorders often are admitted to nursing homes when their disease reaches an advanced stage. At the end of their life, they may encounter adverse symptoms related to medications they no longer need…
- Trial name
- OptimaMedLTC (NCT05155748)
- Testing
- Continuous education and knowledge exchange
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Dre Edeltraut Kröger
Advanced Dementia
Educational Video to Improve Nursing Home Care in End-stage Dementia
This is a 5-year cluster RCT of a video Advance Care Planning intervention vs. control among 360 nursing home residents with advanced dementia (N=180/arm) in 20 matched nursing homes (10 intervention/10 control).
- Trial name
- EVINCE (NCT01774799)
- Testing
- Advance care planning intervention, Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 804 people
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Aged, Nursing Homes
International Normalised Ratio Evaluation by Generalist Practitioners in Full-time Care Establishments for the Elderly
The main objective of this study is to evaluate, for a 6-month observation period, the concordance in terms of clinical decision making concerning therapeutic adjustment as determined by a weekly capillary International…
- Trial name
- INR-Cap pilote (NCT02614573)
- Testing
- CoagucheckXSR Capillary INR measures
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Covid19, Nursing Home
Correlation Between the Incidence of COVID-19 in Nursing-homes and the Profile of Nursing Homes in the French Alps
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in France, nursing homes (NH) have been heavily affected. In this study, the investigators want to evaluate the factors associated with the occurrence of COVID-19 epidemic clusters…
- Trial name
- PROCOPAD (NCT04695457)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois
Influenza, Influenza-like Illness
Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccination Year 2 Follow-On Survey
The purpose of this study is to determine if different influenza vaccines produce different outcomes in nursing facility residents receiving the required annual influenza vaccination.
- Conditions
- Influenza, Influenza-like Illness, Influenza, Human
- Trial name
- NCT03599739
- Testing
- Influenza
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 598 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insight Therapeutics, LLC
Dementia, Nursing Home Resident
Video Feedback Intervention in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Severe Challenging Behavior.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how, under what circumstances and for whom the video feedback intervention works for (the caregivers of) people with dementia and severe challenging behavior in a nursing home setting.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Nursing Home Resident, Challenging Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05658666
- Testing
- Video feedback intervention (in Dutch: Video Interventie Ouderenzorg)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Long Term Care Facility
Mind-Body Intervention for Older Adults in Long-term Care
Loneliness is a global health issue, particularly affecting the physical and mental health of older adults residing in long term care.
- Trial name
- NCT06932731
- Testing
- Mind-body Intervention, Befriending Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Accidental Falls
CONNECT for Quality: A Study to Reduce Falls in Nursing Homes
Clinical trials have identified interventions that reduce adverse outcomes such as falls in nursing home (NH) residents but attempts to translate these into practice quality improvement (QI) techniques have not been successful.
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT00636675)
- Testing
- Falls QI, Connect
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,726 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Nursing Home Resident, Geriatric Assessment
A Geriatric Mobile Team for Nursing Home Residents: a Feasibility Pilot Study
Nursing home (NH) residents have complex healthcare needs. Barriers to collaboration hinder the delivery of high-quality care in nursing homes.
- Trial name
- GerMoT (NCT06873919)
- Testing
- Geriatric assessment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Palliative Care, Nursing Homes
Interventional Research With Mixed Methods on an Early Integrated Palliative Approach in Nursing Home
The national context of the end of life of elderly people living in Nursing Home (NH) is concerning. A quarter of NH residents die each year representing a quarter of annual deaths in France of all ages.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Nursing Homes, Aged
- Trial name
- NCT04708002
- Testing
- early integrated palliative approach model
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people
- Sponsor
- Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier
Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infections
Can the Use of Uricap Female Device Lead to Better Care for Women > 75+Years?
The purpose of the study is to evaluate if Uricap Female, an uridome for women, can be used instead of traditional incontinence aids to treat urinary incontinence (UI) among women 75 years and older.
- Conditions
- Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infections, Incontinence-associated Dermatitis, Cognition Disorders in Old Age
- Trial name
- U-PROTECT (NCT05275257)
- Testing
- Use of Uricap Female, a New Urine Collecting Device
- Where
- Sweden
- Sponsor
- Region Örebro County