The effects of therapeutic activity kits in emergency department patients with dementia: Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized control trial.

Aim: To determine the effectiveness of therapeutic activity kits on health service use and treatment delivered in the emergency department (ED) in patients with pre-morbid dementia.

Design: Pragmatic randomized control trial with equal parallel groups.

Methods: Participants with dementia will be randomly assigned to the control group (N = 56) or the intervention group (N = 56).