Effective Home Support in Dementia Care v.1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Effective Home Support in Dementia Care: Components, Impacts and Costs of Tertiary Prevention - 1. Preparatory Studies: Project 3.2 Discrete Choice Experiments Establishing the Value of Different Components of Support
IRAS ID
152535
Contact name
David Challis
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Research summary
With population ageing dementia represents a significant public health and care challenge. About 60% of people with dementia live in their own homes but finding the best ways of helping them to live well at home and supporting their carers has been seen as a challenge. Although more innovative home support services, from the NHS, social care and voluntary organisations, exist in some localities, they are often underdeveloped. There are various forms of non-drug treatment that research has suggested may be effective but translating these into forms of support that may be provided, routinely, at home has been difficult. We know very little of the different forms of home support in existence, what is preferred, their relative effects and cost-effectiveness.
This project is part of a wider programme of research, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) investigating these issues: a choice survey for people with dementia and their carers investigating what particular features they prefer in packages of homes support. The choice survey will recruit people with dementia and their carers through memory clinics in three sites, for those in the early stages of the condition and through a voluntary organisation, for those in later stages. The project is to last for 16 months.
The programme’s potential benefits are in demonstrating, to those purchasing care, the public and researchers, what forms and features of home support for dementia are preferred and could be most cost-effective.
REC name
North West - Haydock Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NW/1044
Date of REC Opinion
17 Jul 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion