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Official Title: "Guidance Programme for Elderly With Cognitive Disorders"

The purpose of the programme is to facilitate the anticipation of dementia both in elderly patients suffering from this disease and in their carers and to diminish care burden in order to improve quality of life and daily functioning.

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
• Study Primary Completion Date: October 2014

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

• Elderly with mild dementia
  • >70 years old and presence of a carer

Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial

Primary Measures

• Quality of life and care burden at 0, 3 and 6 months.
  • Time Frame: 0, 3 and 6 months
    Safety Issue?: No

Secondary Measures

• Cognitive, behavioural and affective status
  • Time Frame: 0, 3 and 6 months
    Safety Issue?: No

Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

• elderly (> 70 years) with mild dementia in presence of a carer.

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 70 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial: No

Clinical Trial Investigator Information

• Lead Sponsor
  • University Hospital, Ghent
• Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
  • Sponsor
• Overall Official(s)
  • Mirko Petrovic, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, University Hospital, Ghent
• Overall Contact(s)
  • Mirko Petrovic, MD, PhD, mirko.petrovic@ugent.be