Journal of Clinical Trials
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Geir Selbæk

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  Effects and Costs of a Day Care Centre Program Designed for People with Dementia-A 24 Month Controlled Study
  Author(s): Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Ingeborg Halse, Signe Tretteteig, Maria Lage Barca, Øyvind Kirkevold, Louise McCabe, Geir Selbæk, Liv Taranrød, Ingelin Testad, Solfrid Vatne, Corinna Vossius, Anders Wimo and Knut Engedal Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Ingeborg Halse, Signe Tretteteig, Maria Lage Barca, Øyvind Kirkevold, Louise McCabe, Geir Selbæk, Liv Taranrød, Ingelin Testad, Solfrid Vatne, Corinna Vossius, Anders Wimo and Knut Engedal
  
  Background: Attending day care centres with programs specifically designed for patients with dementia is believed to postpone admittance to nursing home as well as increase quality of life and well-being for both patients and their family carers. Therefore, the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is presently offering funding to all municipalities that wish to establish day care centre programs for this group of patients. There is only limited knowledge on the effectiveness of day care centre programs designed for patients with dementia. Our research group aims to investigate to what degree attendance in day care centres with programs designed for people with dementia is effective to postpone admittance to nursing home care, to enhance quality of life for the patients and to relieve burden of care for the family carers. Methods/Design: The study is a quasi-experiment.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0870.1000182

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