Document is current

Article History

Received: 2 July 2021

Accepted: 28 July 2022

First Online: 23 August 2022

Declarations

:

: The study has been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority. Registration number is 2019-06342. In any acute functional declines unexplained by a medical condition or in acute cognitive impairment as well as during weekends, the study participants will be encouraged to contact the 24/7 Swedish online service 1177 for medical advice or call emergency number 112. The participants will be covered by the Patient Injuries Act in Sweden. The part that will be carried out in the participants’ own homes and will be covered by insurance via the National Board of Health and Welfare. The participants will be compensated in case of adverse events related to study participation.All participants and caregivers will be given oral and written information about the study by the research assistant in visit one, when the participants are screened. Potential candidates must agree to participate through oral and written informed consent, which will be obtained by the research assistant. If a participant will not be able to give informed consent or is illiterate, it will be obtained from a legally acceptable representative (LAR). If the participant or LAR is unable to read/write, then an impartial witness should be present during the entire informed consent process and must append his/her signature to the consent form.A copy of the written consent will be provided to the participants. Each participant (older adults, caregivers and health care professional) will receive an ID number. Participants and caregivers will have the possibility to withdraw from the study at any time, without giving reasons. The consent form includes information considering that the study findings will be published, all data will be treated confidentially and it will not be possible to identify an individual participant in any way in the analysis or reporting process. The informed consent will be collected by the research assistant from KI, and consent forms will be restored in a locked space at Karolinska Institutet (KI).It will be the responsibility of the recruiting personnel to ensure that all potential participants have gained an understanding of the information given. Study participation is not expected to be associated with risks or complications but all adverse events due to incidents will be reported by the health care professionals to the researchers, and the participants can be withdrawn from the study if necessary.Lastly, the findings will be reported to the funder and in papers published in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, the results will be presented to staff and decision-makers at the municipality involved in the study, and health care professionals and the public in general through various national and international events.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.