Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) and Person Centred Care (PCC).Version 1.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The use of Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) to improve Person Centred Care (PCC) behaviours in the Clinical Neurosciences: a feasibility study
IRAS ID
198585
Contact name
Laura Brown
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 29 days
Research summary
Can Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) lead to better care for people with a brain injury?
Brain Injury is often life changing for individuals and their families. The challenges of living following a brain injury can be helped by hospital care which is personal to the individual and their family.
Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) is a tool which was originally made to measure and improve care given to people with dementia. It does this by helping staff to see things from the patient's point of view. DCM is done by a person who observes (‘maps’) everything that happens between patients and staff members in communal areas. They particularly focus on the quality of the interactions, and whether these interactions leave a patient feeling more or less positive. The results of the 'mapping' are then fed back to staff, along with suggestions as to how the quality of care could be more positive.
DCM has recently been modified for use in hospitals with people with a brain injury. However, it is not yet known whether DCM can help hospital nursing staff to improve the type of care that they provide to people with a brain injury. This study is a small-scale study that aims to gain initial evidence for the effectiveness of DCM, as well as to determine the suitability of our study design for answering these questions.
We will recruit approximately 40 staff members from four hospital wards that provide care to people with a brain injury. Two of the wards will then be ‘mapped’ using DCM, whilst the other two are not. We will collect information from staff about their attitudes and confidence in providing care before and after the DCM mapping. We will also measure changes in staff behaviour. We aim to find out whether staff in the DCM show improvements in their attitudes, confidence and caring behaviour, and any changes to the study design that might be needed.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NW/0263
Date of REC Opinion
31 May 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion