Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2021
Testing the Impact of FFC-AL-EIT on Psychosocial and Behavioral Outcomes in Assisted Living.
Trial report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Delivery of Person-Centered Care for People Living With Dementia in Residential Aged Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The Gerontologist · 2024Pooled it
- Health Care Team Interventions to Reduce Distress Behaviors in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Clinical gerontologistPooled it
- [Rehabilitation with active participation of nursing staff in residential long-term care : A scoping review].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026Review
- Predictors of Performing Function Focused Care.International journal of older people nursing · 2026Article
- Characterizing Intervention Components and Complexity of Nonpharmacologic Healthcare Interventions to Manage Distress Behaviors in Older Adults.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Reliability and Validity of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia and Invariance Between Black Versus White Residents in Nursing Homes.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- Enrichment of dementia caregiving relationships through psychosocial interventions: A scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Racial Disparities in Care Interactions and Clinical Outcomes in Black Versus White Nursing Home Residents With Dementia.Journal of nursing care qualityArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis study tested the impact of Function Focused Care for Assisted Living Using the Evidence Integration Triangle (FFC-AL-EIT) on: (1) care interactions between residents and direct care staff; and (2) behavior and psychological symptoms associated with dementia among residents.
designThis was a randomized controlled trial.
settingA total of 59 assisted living facilities in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts participated.
participantsThe sample included 550 mostly White (98%), female (69%) residents with a mean age of 89.30 (standard deviation = 7.63) years.
interventionThe four-step FFC-AL-EIT intervention was implemented by a function focused care nurse facilitator working with a facility champion over 12 months. The steps included: (1) environment and policy assessments; (2) education; (3) establishing resident function focused care service plans; and (4) mentoring and motivating. MEASURES: Resident descriptive data (e.g., age, sex, education, and comorbidities), depression, agitation, resistiveness to care, and the quality of care interactions were obtained at baseline and 4 and 12 months. Treatment fidelity data included environment and policy assessments, performance of function focused care by staff, and service plan assessments.
resultsThere was a significant positive treatment effect related to depression, agitation, resistiveness to care, and quality of care interactions with either less decline or some improvement in these behaviors and symptoms in the treatment versus control group.
conclusionThe study provides some statistical support, which may not necessarily be clinically significant evidence, for psychosocial outcomes of residents and care interactions between staff and residents in assisted living settings.
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