Human Rights in Dementia Care
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Embedding a Human Rights Based Approach to Dementia Care
IRAS ID
144839
Contact name
Peter Kinderman
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Liverpool
Research summary
The study will employ a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design to explore the research question: Does the application of a Human Rights based approach lead to improvements in the care and well-being of people with dementia who are in an inpatient/care home setting? Specifically, the study will evaluate whether the delivery of targeted Human Rights training to staff and the subsequent introduction of a Human Rights Based Care Assessment Tool - "Getting it Right" - impacts positively on the ongoing care and well-being of individuals with dementia. It will evaluate this via a range of accepted objective outcome measures and self-reports by people living with dementia, their family carers and staff supporting them.
REC name
North West - Haydock Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NW/1117
Date of REC Opinion
15 Aug 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion