Triggered Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

62

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2016

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2017

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2017

Conditions
Alzheimer DiseaseDementia
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Specialty Palliative Care

Specialty inter-disciplinary Palliative Care consultation during hospitalization with post-discharge collaborative care by a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner and outpatient primary care physician. Clinical care will be augmented by evidence-based educational materials for dementia caregivers.

Trial Locations (1)

27599

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

OTHER

collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

lead

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

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