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NCT ID: NCT04639908

Last Updated: 2020-11-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

12 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-01

Study Completion Date

2021-04-09

Brief Summary

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In order to prepare for the ageing population and its impact on the health care system, the National Institute for Sickness and Disability Insurance in Belgium (RIZIV) launched in 2010 a subsidy programme (called Protocol 3) for innovative projects aimed at care and support for vulnerable older people with complex care needs. The objective of these projects is to reduce the risk and need for admission to a care institution/residential care centre. These are alternative and supportive forms of care for the elderly for which there is currently no allowance, which enable vulnerable older people to be cared for at home, which have a positive influence on the evolution of the older person's state of health and which improve the quality of life, which do not entail higher costs than those of a classic admission and which are scientifically evaluated.

These Protocol 3 projects focus on vulnerable elderly people who are not admitted to a residential care centre, but who are at risk of a complex and/or long-term care situation. As a result of the complex care situation, there is also a great need for coordinated care between different care providers and/or there will also be supportive forms of care that ensure continuity of care. The expected added value of the care innovation projects should focus on: the importance of consultation and cooperation between the various stakeholders, the means to improve the competences of all relevant stakeholders, the means to organise customised care and the means to achieve continuity of care for the patient. The objective of the current study is to evaluate the phase 2 interventions, in particular: the adapted interventions case management and occupational therapy; and the newly introduced interventions in phase 3: health education, educational sessions for informal care providers and control visits at night.

Detailed Description

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In order to prepare for the ageing population and its impact on the health care system, the National Institute for Sickness and Disability Insurance in Belgium (RIZIV) launched in 2010 a subsidy programme (called Protocol 3) for innovative projects aimed at care and support for vulnerable older people with complex care needs. The objective of these projects is to reduce the risk and need for admission to a care institution/residential care centre. These are alternative and supportive forms of care for the elderly for which there is currently no allowance, which enable vulnerable older people to be cared for at home, which have a positive influence on the evolution of the older person's state of health and which improve the quality of life, which do not entail higher costs than those of a classic admission and which are scientifically evaluated.

These Protocol 3 projects focus on vulnerable elderly people who are not admitted to a residential care centre, but who are at risk of a complex and/or long-term care situation. As a result of the complex care situation, there is also a great need for coordinated care between different care providers and/or there will also be supportive forms of care that ensure continuity of care. The expected added value of the care innovation projects should focus on: the importance of consultation and cooperation between the various stakeholders, the means to improve the competences of all relevant stakeholders, the means to organise customised care and the means to achieve continuity of care for the patient. The objective of the current study is to evaluate the phase 2 interventions, in particular: the adapted interventions case management and occupational therapy; and the newly introduced interventions in phase 3: health education, educational sessions for informal care providers and control visits at night.

After all, an evaluation at the end of these projects is important in order to evaluate the added value of these care innovation projects and how they can possibly be structurally anchored. The starting point of this study is to learn in a qualitative way about the perceptions and experiences of patients and their informal carers about the benefits of the interventions, the barriers and facilitating factors of their implementation and the potential for improvement of these initiatives. The objective is to assess the extent to which patient needs are met by the interventions and what can be improved to consolidate the intervention or add more value to it.

Conditions

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Integrated Care

Keywords

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elderly care primary care belgium

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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barriers

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Interview

Intervention Type OTHER

interview with patient

facilitators

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Interview

Intervention Type OTHER

interview with patient

Interventions

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Interview

interview with patient

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* uses interventions of protocol 3 projects

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Justien Cornelis, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

KCE

Central Contacts

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Melissa Desmedt, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +32474686299

Email: [email protected]

Esther Chevalier, Master

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +32472221623

Email: [email protected]

Other Identifiers

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KCE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id