132
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
September 1, 2016
Study Completion Date
September 1, 2016
12 week feasibility study
: At baseline, weeks 6 and 12, dementia feeding skills knowledge and self-efficacy tests will be administered, meal observations of nursing staff assisting PWD with meals will be video recorded for three meals over two days, and a medical record review will be conducted to ascertain technical and adaptive interventions also in place for the PWD (e. g., high density protein supplements, appetite stimulant medications, weighing, diet texture modifications). After baseline data is collected, the training program will delivered in five weekly modules with group coaching sessions completed the same week
Lead Sponsor
Duke University
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