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Current research projects

Here you can find a list of current THWS projects which have received third-party funding by the EU, the German federal government, by the Free State of Bavaria, by the German Research Foundation (DFG) or by other foundations. See the links below for information regarding the main areas of research at THWS.  

EU funding

Full team of the HOMESIDE project and logos of the EU joint programme and the BMBF

Homeside – A HOME-based Spousal caregiver-delivered music Intervention for people living with dementia: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Homeside is a controlled, randomised study and is investigating the effects of musical and reading interventions training for relatives nursing in domestic environments. Caregivers apply interventions to their relatives who suffer from dementia and first, the effects on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, and secondly, the effects on depression, the quality of life, the quality of relationships, experience of competence and cost effectiveness of/for the couple(s) affected, are investigated. The study has 990 participants. (Multinational research projects on Health and Social Care for Neurodegenerative Diseases HESOCARE-329-005, BMBF 01ED1901). The project is coordinated by the University of Melbourne. Besides THWS, further partners are the Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge), the Norwegian Academy of Music (Oslo), and the University of Physical Education (Krakow).

Project Management: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wosch Clinical Trial Manager: Laura Blauth

Duration: 2019 to 2022

Link to the HOMESIDE project

Federal funding

Funding by the individual German states

Miscellaneous


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