Dementia Symptom Management at Home Program

13-item measurement of Alzheimer's disease patients' health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by proxy (caregiver) assessment. Each item is rated on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (poor) to 4 (excellent). The total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 13 to 52; higher scores indicate greater HRQOL. An increase in scores indicates HRQOL increased during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the IADL scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to assistance with IADLs improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the ADL scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to assistance with ADLs improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the role limitations scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to role limitation due to caregiving improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the personal time scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to personal care improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the family interaction scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to family interaction improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the demands of caregiving scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to demands of caregiving improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the worry scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to worry improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the spirituality scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to spirituality improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the benefits of caregiving scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to benefits of caregiving improved during the observational period.

The Caregiver-Targeted Quality of Life (CG-QOL) measure covers 10 dimensions of QOL relevant to caregivers of persons with dementia. The CG-QOL comprises 80 items distributed across the following scales: assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), assistance with instrumental ADLs (IADLs), personal time, role limitation due to caregiving, family involvement, demands of caregiving, worry, caregiver feelings, spirituality and faith, benefits of caregiving. The total score for the caregiver feelings scale ranges from 0-100; higher scores indicate greater quality of life. An increase in scores indicates quality of life with respect to caregiver feelings improved during the observational period.

Measured through interviews with the informal caregiver using the Resource Utilization Inventory.

Measured through interviews with the informal caregiver using the Resource Utilization Inventory.

5-item assessment of pain in individuals with advanced dementia. Items are ranked on a 3-point Likert scale from 0 to 2. The total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 0 (no pain) to 10 (severe pain). An increase in scores indicates pain increased during the observational period.

13-item tool that measures caregiver perceptions of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). For each item, The severity of the reported symptoms is assessed on a 3-point scale. The total severity score ranges from 0 to 36 with higher scores representing worse severity. An increase in score indicates severity of BPSD increased during the observational period.

Measured via patient medication record.

Measured via patient medication record.

22-item self-assessment of burden experienced by caregivers. Items are ranked on a Likert scale from 0 (never) to 4 (nearly always). The total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 0 to 88, where: 0 - 21 = little or no burden; 21 - 40 = mild to moderate burden; 41 - 60 = moderate to severe burden; and 61 - 88 = severe burden. An increase in scores indicates burden increased during the observational period.

9-item measurement of depression in which caregivers indicate how often they have been bothered by specific problems over the previous 2 weeks. Items are ranked on 4-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). The total score is the sum of responses and ranges from 0 to 27; higher scores indicate greater severity of depression.

12-item tool that measures functional health and well-being. Two summary scores are reported from the SF-12: a mental component score (MCS-12) and a physical component score (PCS-12). Physical Composite Scores (PCS) are computed using the scores of twelve questions and range from 0 to 100, where a zero score indicates the lowest level of health measured by the scales and 100 indicates the highest level of health.

12-item tool that measures functional health and well-being. Two summary scores are reported from the SF-12: a mental component score (MCS-12) and a physical component score (PCS-12). Mental Health Composite Scores (MCS) are computed using the scores of twelve questions and range from 0 to 100, where a zero score indicates the lowest level of health measured by the scales and 100 indicates the highest level of health.