MAINTAIN Intervention

The maximum dose of MAINTAIN is 22 sessions over 28 weeks, comprising up to 19 therapy sessions over 12 weeks plus three booster sessions. MAINTAIN was developed as a refined version of the earlier Developing an Intervention for Fall-Related Injuries in Dementia programme. MAINTAIN therapy activities include strength and balance training, dual-task exercises, and functional tasks embedded into daily routines. The first MAINTAIN session focused on collaborative goal setting involving therapists, the person with dementia, and the unpaid carer. MAINTAIN therapist training covered dementia awareness, communication, person-centred care, risk reduction, pain management, and SMART goal setting using Goal Attainment Scaling. MAINTAIN is a personalised, multidisciplinary, home-based rehabilitation programme addressing physical and psychosocial needs after a fall in people with dementia.