Feasibility and Effects of Preventive Home Visits for Older Adults

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Conditions studied: Frailty

In brief

The goals of this project are to implement an innovative intervention for older adults and assess both its feasibility and effects on health and well-being. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention group will show a significantly better slope for a range of outcomes during and after the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00985283

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

110

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2010-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-09-16

Who can join

Age: 75 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 75 years or older
• lives in community (not in nursing home or assisted living)
• not currently receiving home health services
• vulnerable elders survey score of 3 or higher

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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