Journal article
Promoting Independence Through quality dementia Care at Home (PITCH): a research protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial
S Savvas, AMY Goh, F Batchelor, C Doyle, E Wise, E Tan, A Panayiotou, S Malta, M Winbolt, P Clarke, J Burton, LF Low, SM Loi, A Fairhall, M Polacsek, J Stiles, F Muliadi, N Chau, S Scherer, D Ames Show all
Trials | Published : 2021
Abstract
Background: Home care service providers are increasingly supporting clients living with dementia. Targeted and comprehensive dementia-specific training for home care staff is necessary to meet this need. This study evaluates a training programme delivered to care staff (paid personal carers) of clients living with dementia at home. Methods: This study is a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial (SW-CRT). Home care workers (HCWs) from seven home care service providers are grouped into 18 geographical clusters. Clusters are randomly assigned to intervention or control groups. The intervention group receives 7 h of a dementia education and upskilling programme (Promoting In..
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Funding Acknowledgements
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant. The funder has no role in the design of the study, or collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, or writing the manuscript.