Actively Recruiting
Family Interventions iN Dementia Mental Health Environments
Led by University of West London · Updated on 2025-06-13
343
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of West London
Lead Sponsor
U
University of Cambridge
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Study Goal: Understand carers' needs when someone with dementia is in a mental health ward and develop strategies to support carers as partners in care. Research Questions: * What are mental health wards like in terms of staff, patients, and current carer support? * What do carers experience and need during admission, discharge, and beyond? * How do ward routines and staff practices affect carer involvement? * How can co-design turn research into practical strategies for carer support? * Can these strategies be implemented effectively? Method: The investigators will survey mental health wards nationwide, interview carers from three UK wards, observe ward practices, and talk to staff. They will use this information to create and share practical strategies to improve carer support across the UK.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Family Interventions iN Dementia Mental Health Environments
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Ward managers of mental health wards providing care to people living with dementia
- Ward managers from NHS or private mental health wards providing care to people living with dementia
- Ward managers working on organic or mixed wards caring for people living with dementia
- Family members or friends of a person living with dementia currently receiving care on a mental health ward, aged 18 or older, with capacity to consent and willing to participate in interviews
- Family members or friends of a person living with dementia discharged from a mental health ward within the last 3 years, aged 18 or older, with capacity to consent and willing to participate in an interview
- People living with dementia currently under care or discharged from a mental health ward within the last 3 years, with capacity to consent and willing to participate alongside their carer
- People living with dementia and carers willing to talk about mental health and dementia, aged 18 or older, with capacity to consent
- Members of staff working within mental health wards for people living with dementia, including all professional groups and students on placement, working in NHS or private wards
- Participants willing to review outputs related to mental health wards, aged 18 or older, with capacity to consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Functional older adult mental health wards not providing care to people living with dementia
- Staff members who are not ward managers (for survey participation)
- Carers under 18 years old
- Carers or people living with dementia actively involved in a safeguarding investigation
- Carers or people living with dementia without capacity to consent to participate
- People living with dementia not willing to participate alongside their carer
- People living with dementia discharged from a mental health ward more than 3 years ago
- Participants not willing to talk about mental health and dementia
- Staff members not working within mental health wards for people living with dementia
- Participants not willing to review outputs related to mental health wards
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Geller Institute of Aging and Memory, University of West London
London, United Kingdom, W5 5SA
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
P
Prof Emma Wolverson, DClinPsy
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
5
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