Boltz 2018.

Study name	Reducing disability via a family centered intervention for acutely ill persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: protocol of a cluster‐randomized controlled trial (Fam‐FFC study)
Methods	Cluster randomised trial
Participants	438 patients (≥65 years) with a diagnosis of very mild to moderate stage dementia
Interventions	Group 1: Family centred Function Focused Care nurse (Fam‐FFC nurse) which involves the staff nurse, along with the patient and family care givers, in the care planning, delivery, and evaluation process of Fam‐FFC interventions. Group 2: control condition (Fam‐ FFC Ed‐only) consists of education of the nursing staff with no other intervention
Outcomes	Primary outcome(s): physical function (activities of daily living, functional performance/ chair rise, physical activity), delirium (occurrence and severity), mood and behavior. All at 6 months post‐discharge. Secondary outcome(s): preparedness for caregiving, caregiver strain, caregiver burden, desire to institutionalise scale. All at 6 months post‐discharge. Other outcome measures: healthcare cost 12 months after enrolment, post‐acute health care utilisation at 6 months after discharge.
Starting date	November 2017
Contact information	Marie Boltz: mpb40@psu.edu The Pennsylvania State University, College of Nursing, 306 Nursing Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Notes	ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT03046121 Status: recruiting Boltz et al. Trials (2018) 19:496 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063‐018‐2875‐1