title: Study protocol Implementation of the Veder contact method (VCM) in daily nursing home care for people with dementia: an evaluation based on the RE-AIM framework.
abstract: People with dementia in nursing homes benefit from person-centred care methods. Studies examining the effect of these methods often fail to report about the implementation of these methods. The present study aims to describe the implementation of the Veder contact method (VCM) in daily nursing home care.
  
  
  
  A process analysis will be conducted based on qualitative data from focus groups with caregivers and interviews with key figures. To investigate whether the implementation of VCM is reflected in the attitude and behaviour of caregivers and in the behaviour and quality of life of people with dementia, a controlled observational cohort study will be conducted. Six nursing home wards implementing VCM will be compared with six control wards providing Care As Usual. Quantitative data from caregivers and residents will be collected before (T0), and 9-12 months after the implementation (T1). Qualitative analysis and multilevel analyses will be carried out on the collected data and structured based on the constructs of the RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance).
  
  
  
  By using the RE-AIM framework this study introduces a structured and comprehensive way of investigating the implementation process and implementation effectiveness of person-centred care methods in daily dementia care.
authors.affiliation: a Research Group Mental Health Nursing , Inholland University of Applied Sciences , Diemen , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boersma
authors.affiliation: b Amsterdam School of Communication Research/ASCoR , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Julia C M
authors.initials: JCM
authors.lastname: Van Weert
authors.affiliation: a Research Group Mental Health Nursing , Inholland University of Applied Sciences , Diemen , The Netherlands.|c Department of Psychiatry , EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.|d Parnassia Psychiatric Institute , The Hague , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Berno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Meijel
authors.affiliation: e Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , Netherlands.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: van de Ven
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry , EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rose-Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Dröes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017028:Caregivers; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing; D006302:Health Services Research; D009426:Netherlands; D009735:Nursing Homes; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Dementia; Dutch Trial Registration NTR4248; RE-AIM framework; Veder contact method; implementation; quality of life