SCAN Memory Program Evaluation Study
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Neurology |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | October 2009 |
| End Date: | March 2012 |
| Contact: | Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS |
| Email: | jchodosh@mednet.ucla.edu |
| Phone: | 310-268-3361 |
The SCAN Memory Program Evaluation study is an evaluation of a randomized controlled trial
intervention consisting of a care management program for cognitively-impaired health plan
members and for their informal/family caregivers. The program includes collaboration between
the health plan, partnering medical groups, and community organizations.
Program activities include: 1) telephonic-structured assessments with informal caregivers
conducted by SCAN Memory Program care managers; 2) problem identification as a result of
these assessments; and 3) pre-established protocols and procedures for problem resolution.
ACCESS, the prototype for the SCAN Memory Program, was developed and tested in San Diego
County and was very successful in helping affected patients and their caregivers.
intervention consisting of a care management program for cognitively-impaired health plan
members and for their informal/family caregivers. The program includes collaboration between
the health plan, partnering medical groups, and community organizations.
Program activities include: 1) telephonic-structured assessments with informal caregivers
conducted by SCAN Memory Program care managers; 2) problem identification as a result of
these assessments; and 3) pre-established protocols and procedures for problem resolution.
ACCESS, the prototype for the SCAN Memory Program, was developed and tested in San Diego
County and was very successful in helping affected patients and their caregivers.
Inclusion Criteria: Health plan member eligibility includes having a visit-based ICD-9
diagnostic code for dementia or a dementia-specific medication (including donepezil,
rivastigmine, galantamine, and memantine) within administrative data any time prior to
data inquiry for potential subjects. The health plan member must have a caregiver who can
communicate by telephone and though that person might also be a health plan member, health
plan membership for caregivers is not required. All subjects must be living in the
community and if in a nursing facility, this must be for rehabilitation or respite care
but not for long term care. Caregivers must be able to communicate in English or Spanish.
Exclusion Criteria: Person with dementia whose potential participation is declined by
their physician. Those who do not have a family or informal caregiver cannot participate
and caregivers who do no have telephone access or the capacity to consent to research
evaluation are excluded. Patients who reside in nursing facilities as permanent residents
are not eligible.
We found this trial at
2
sites
Click here to add this to my saved trials
Click here to add this to my saved trials