Care Management for Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Their Family Caregivers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia

In brief

This is a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of current guideline for the care of older adults with Alzheimer's disease. The study focuses on the primary care setting using a nurse care manager to facilitate guideline-level care. We are hypothesizing that patients who receive guideline-level care will have fewer behavioral problems than those who receive the usual care provided in primary care settings

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00246896

Run by

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

People needed

220

Starts

2001-08-01

Expected to finish

2005-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-07-27

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Alzheimers Disease

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to understand English
• No telephone

Where it is running

• Indiana University — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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