NCT00644826

Growing Old at Home

Growing Old at Home - Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Preventive Home Visits to Reduce Nursing Home Admissions in the Elderly

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 336 (actual)
• Sponsor: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether preventive home visits for people aged 80 and over are effective in the prevention of nursing home admission in Germany.

Detailed description

Regarding demographic changes in Germany it can be assumed that the number of elderly and the resulting need for long term care is increasing in the near future. It is not only an individual's interest but also of public concern to avoid a nursing home admission. Current evidence indicates that preventive home visits can be an effective way to reduce the admission rate in this way making it possible for elderly people to stay longer at home than without home visits. As the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits strongly depends on existing services in the social and health system existing international results cannot be merely transferred to Germany. Therefore it is necessary to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such an intervention by a randomized controlled trial in Germany.

Conditions

• Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	preventive home visit	A multidimensional geriatric assessment within the dimensions: cognition, health related functioning, risk of falling, nutritional status, social situation, economic situation, mood. Two more home visits: (1) home counseling visit 2-3 weeks after assessment (2) booster session 1 month after home counseling visit

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2010-03-01
• First posted: 2008-03-27
• Last updated: 2010-06-03

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Germany