Status:
COMPLETED
Safer Care for Older People in (Residential) Environments
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alberta
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Nursing Homes
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The overall aim of the program is to advance knowledge translation science in order to improve clinical and staff related outcomes in long term care facilities (nursing homes) in western Canada. SCOPE...
Detailed Description
The aim of this study is to assess the effects of a facilitation-based improvement intervention on three primary performance outcomes: (1) staff reported use of best practices, (2) measures of staff w...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Facilities must be a part of TMS to be eligible for SCOPE. This means that they are:
- A nursing home or residential long term care facility which provides 24-hour on-site housing and health care services care for older adults by professional (nursing) staff and others
- Registered with the provincial government
- 90% of residents aged 65 or over
- RAI-MDS 2.0 implemented since January 2011
- Facility operations conducted in the English language
- Urban\* facilities located within designated health regions and within 110 km of the TREC-designated hub for the health region:
- Fraser Health Authority (Hub is New Westminster)
- Interior Health Authority (Hubs are Kelowna, Kamloops)
- Alberta (AHS): Edmonton and Calgary Zones (Edmonton \& Calgary are hubs)
Exclusion
- Facilities that have participated in the SCOPE pilot study (Pro00012517)
- Facilities integrated with acute care. Defined as residential long-term care facility (usually one or more resident units) that:
- Are physically located within an acute care facility and
- Share central services (e.g., human resources, laundry), as well as, other functions integral to care delivery such as staffing, supervision, performance management, etc.)
- Co-located services (where the daily operations of the resident units are managed separately and staff independently) are acceptable
- Facilities with more than one sub-acute (e.g., orthopaedic rehab) unit
- Facilities with fewer than 35 long-term care beds
- Facilities which are expected to undergo major change within the next two years
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 4 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
32 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03426072
Start Date
January 4 2018
End Date
May 30 2020
Last Update
July 18 2022
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2P4