Status:
RECRUITING
Family Interventions iN Dementia Mental Health Environments
Lead Sponsor:
University of West London
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Cambridge
University of Exeter
Conditions:
Carers
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
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 ...
Detailed Description
Background and rationale Mental health wards (MHW) are a significant site of care for people living with dementia (PLWD), providing care for the most unwell, vulnerable, and high-risk individuals who...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Survey
- Ward managers of mental health wards that provides care to PLWD
- Ward managers from NHS wards that provides care to PLWD
- Ward managers from private providers that provides care to PLWD
- Ward managers that work on organic or mixed wards that provides care to PLWD
Exclusion
- Functional older adult mental health wards that do not provide care to PLWD
- Staff members who are not the ward manager
- Longitudinal interviews with current carers
- Inclusion criteria:
- Family member (any relationship) or friend of a PLWD currently receiving care on a mental health ward
- Aged 18 years old or above
- Has capacity to consent to participate in an interview
- Willing to take part in 3 interviews over 12 months
- Exclusion criteria:
- The carer is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation.
- The carer is under 18 years old
- The carer does not have capacity to consent to participate in an interview
- Interviews with discharged carers
- Inclusion criteria:
- Family member (any relationship) or friend of a PLWD discharged from the ward within the last 3 years
- Aged 18 years old or above
- Has capacity to consent to participate in an interview
- Willing to take part in an interview
- Exclusion criteria:
- The carer is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation
- The carer is under 18 years old
- The carer does not have capacity to consent to participate in an interview
- Interviews with People Living With Dementia (PLWD)
- Inclusion criteria:
- PLWD currently under the care of the mental health ward
- PLWD discharged from the care of a dementia mental health ward within the last 3 years
- Has capacity to give informed consent to taking part in an interview
- Willing to take part in an interview alongside their carer
- Exclusion criteria:
- The PLWD is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation
- The PLWD does not have capacity to consent to participate in an interview
- The PLWD is not willing to take part in an interview alongside their carer
- The PLWD has been discharged from the care of a dementia mental health ward for more than 3 years
- Co-design study - PLWD and carers
- Inclusion criteria:
- PLWD who may, or may not, have experience of dementia mental health wards
- Carers (family members or friends) of PLWD who may, or may not, have experience of dementia mental health wards
- Willing to talk about mental health and dementia
- Aged 18 years old or above
- Have capacity to give informed consent
- Exclusion criteria:
- Participants who do not have experience of living with, or caring for someone with, dementia
- Not willing to talk about mental health and dementia
- Aged under 18 years old
- Does not have capacity to give informed consent
- Co-design study - staff
- Inclusion criteria:
- Members of staff working within mental health wards for PLWD
- Members of staff of any professional group in a role that involves contact with carers (e.g. health care assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, family therapists, psychiatrists etc)
- Members of staff of any pay band or grade
- Students on placement in a mental health ward
- Members of staff working on NHS or private wards
- Exclusion criteria:
- The staff member is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation
- Members of staff that do not work within mental health wards for PLWD
- Feasibility study - PLWD and carers
- Inclusion criteria:
- PLWD
- Carer (family or friend; current or bereaved)
- Willing to review outputs related to mental health wards
- Aged 18 years old or above
- Capacity to consent to take part
- Exclusion criteria:
- The participant (PLWD or carer) is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation.
- Is not willing to review outputs related to mental health wards
- Aged under 18 years old
- Does not have capacity to consent to take part
- Feasibility study - staff
- Inclusion criteria:
- Members of staff working within mental health wards for PLWD
- Members of staff of any professional group in a role that involves contact with carers (e.g. health care assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, family therapists, psychiatrists etc)
- Members of staff of any pay band or grade
- Students on placement in a mental health ward
- Members of staff working on NHS or private wards
- Exclusion criteria:
- The staff member is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation
- Members of staff that do not work within mental health wards for PLWD
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 29 2025
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 31 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
343 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06937541
Start Date
May 29 2025
End Date
May 31 2027
Last Update
June 13 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Geller Institute of Aging and Memory, University of West London
London, United Kingdom, W5 5SA