Experience of Older Adult Crisis Intervention
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A collaborative investigation of the experiences of elders using an older adult home treatment team; from understanding to action
IRAS ID
244436
Contact name
Lucy Adamczyk
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of East London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 31 days
Research summary
In the early 2000s, Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment Teams (CRHTT) were implemented nationally in England to provide an alternative intervention to psychiatric hospital admission for people experiencing a mental health crisis. These teams provide rapid access to mental health care, which is delivered in the home environment. In the main, these teams were developed for working age adults between the ages of 18-65 years old, with less than a third of these teams providing services to older adults.
Since the implementation of the Equality Act (2010), discrimination on the basis of age has become unlawful. In response, NHS services have either integrated older adults into existing CRHTT, or created specialised teams for this population.
This research project aims to identify if older adult CRHTT are an acceptable form of intervention when in a mental health crisis and explore what aspects of the intervention are perceived as helpful. The proposed study will employ a Participation action research design, emphasising the importance of participant involvement and research being fed back directly into the community in which the data was gathered. Six to eight participants will be invited to attend a focus group, thereafter participants can choose to attend further research encounters with a focus on analysing the data from the focus group and negotiating and implementing actions coming from the results of the analysis.Participants will be recruited from Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust older adult CRHTT; to be included in this research project participants must have been a patient with this team, have capacity to consent, and have a good command of speaking and reading English.
It is hoped the research will lead to a more in-depth understanding of how the participants experienced the ‘help’ provided.
REC name
London - Fulham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/0169
Date of REC Opinion
28 Jan 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion