Community Spirit in Residence for the Elderly (437_EsCom)

The Elder at the Heart of His or Her Living Environment - Social Participation and Community Spirit in Residence for the Elderly

The objective of our study is to observe and understand factors that emphasizes the creation of a community spirit.

Specific objectives:

1. Explore and understand the facilitators and challenges of social participation in a residential context;
2. Explore and understand the facilitators and challenges of creating a sense of community in a residential setting.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sense of Community
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: No intervention

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 27

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Quebec
    • Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1S 1C1
      • Topmed

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Elderly home care residents and the managers that work on site. The participants will be sampled from the selected community homes.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

For site managers

• Be a manager in the residences concerned
• Be a department manager or
• Hold a General Manager position or
• Be a member of the partner's head office

For residents

• Residents of the autonomous wing of the targeted residences
• Close caregiver of a resident of the residences included in the research project

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neurocognitive disorders
• Significant language difficulties
• Lack of verbal communication

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

4

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Residents site 1; Elderly residents who live in elderly home care service site 1	Other: No intervention; There is no intervention, this is an observationnal study.
Residents site 2; Elderly residents who live in elderly home care service site 2	Other: No intervention; There is no intervention, this is an observationnal study.
Managers site 1; Managers who work for the elderly home care service at site 1	Other: No intervention; There is no intervention, this is an observationnal study.
Managers site 2; Managers who work for the elderly home care service at site 2	Other: No intervention; There is no intervention, this is an observationnal study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sense of Community Factors	13 items questionnaire with open questions in individual interview session format, factors are identified through qualitative analysis.	Up to 1 month after participants' recruitment
Sense of Community	9 items questionnaire used to measure the sense of community of the residents. For managers, the measure is their perception of the resident's sense of community. Each item uses a 5 point scale, higher score means higher sense of community, minimum value per item: 1, maximum value per item: 5, minimum total score: 9, maximum total score : 45	Up to two weeks prior to the interview session

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sense of Community Facilitators	7 subitems asked in the questionnaire with open questions in individual interview session format, facilitators are identified through qualitative analysis.	Up to 1 month after participants' recruitment
Sense of Community Obstacles	8 subitems asked in the questionnaire with open questions in individual interview session format, obstacles are identified through qualitative analysis.	Up to 1 month after participants' recruitment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: TOPMED

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 7, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 4, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): January 14, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 3, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): June 4, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 20, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 17, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: social participation; sense of community; sense of belonging; social cohesion
• Other Study ID Numbers: 437_Esprit communauté

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No