The ATTILA (Assistive Technology and Telecare to maintain Independent Living At home for people with dementia) was an open-treatment randomised trial that aimed to compare outcomes among people with dementia who receive ATT and those who received equivalent community services without ATT. The working hypothesis of the trial is that fewer people in the ATT group would enter institutional care over the four-year period for which the study was funded. ATTILA also aimed to assess which forms of ATT were more effective and which types of patient would benefit most.
The trial included community-resident people living with dementia who were eligible to receive a package of social care. ATTILA was funded by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme and aimed to recruit 500 patients, half allocated ATT and half standard care.
This study did not show that a full package of assistive technology and telecare increased the length of time participants with dementia remained in the community.