Status:

COMPLETED

Preventive Primary Care Outreach for High Risk Older Persons

Lead Sponsor:

McMaster University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

Conditions:

Frailty

Eligibility:

All Genders

75+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

It is recognized that a significant proportion of seniors over 75 years of age are at risk of functional decline, and thus of institutionalization and death. The investigators at McMaster University M...

Detailed Description

Seniors consume a large proportion of health care resources in Canada. It is recognized that a significant proportion of seniors over 75 years of age are at risk of functional decline, and thus of ins...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient is 75 years of age and older
  • Patient is listed on the roster of a participating family physician practice
  • Patient resides in the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area
  • Patient or proxy able to answer questions in English

Exclusion

  • Principal residence is nursing home or long term care facility
  • Patient is identified by family physician as palliative
  • Patient currently receives home care services through the Community Care Access Centre
  • Patient is a 'snowbird' and out of town for more than four weeks in any year
  • Patient is scheduled for major elective surgery in the next year

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

719 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00134836

Start Date

April 1 2004

End Date

June 1 2006

Last Update

December 16 2008

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McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5