This project, a small-scale pilot study, will attempt to determine if involvement in a group-based creative expression program may correlate with a reduction in use of psychotropic drugs for persons with dementia.
The study site has two skilled-nursing dementia Special Care Units. One unit will serve as a control with residents receiving the standard care activity program. The other unit will receive the standard care activity program as well as the TimeSlips storytelling program (two hour-long sessions per week for six weeks). The behavioral symptoms and psychotropic drug usage for both cohorts will be studied for eight months, the first four months with no intervention and the last four months with or without the six-week TimeSlips intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
TimeSlips is a group-based creative storytelling program for people with dementia. The intervention will be held twice a week for six weeks, in hour-long sessions.
Standard-of-care activities for the study site's skilled-nursing dementia Special Care Units.
Landis Homes
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States
Rates of psychotropic drug prescriptions for study participants.
Time frame: eight months
Mood and behavior patterns
Time frame: eight months
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