Development and evaluation of a sleep education program for older adults with dementia living in adult family homes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the feasibility of implementing a Sleep Education Program (SEP) for improving sleep in adult family home (AFH) residents with dementia, and the relative efficacy of SEP compared with usual care control in a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Participants

Thirty-seven AFH staff-caregivers and 47 residents with comorbid dementia and sleep disturbances.

Intervention

SEP consisted of four training sessions with staff-caregivers to develop and implement individualized resident behavioral sleep plans.

Measurements

Treatment fidelity to the SEP was assessed following the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Behavior Change Consortium model utilizing trainer observations and staff-caregiver reports. Resident sleep was assessed by wrist actigrap

SUBMITTER: McCurry SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358539 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature