AQUEDUCT (v1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT): Work Package 1
IRAS ID
199336
Contact name
Martin Orrell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 29 days
Research summary
Currently there is limited evidence to suggest that crisis teams working with older adults with mental health needs reduce hospital admissions. The present study seeks to establish best practice for crisis teams working with people with dementia including the development of a resource kit that will train and guide crisis teams in how to provide best practice. This will take place through a number of work packages, the first of which is addressed in this application.
Work package 1 will determine best practice in Teams Managing Crisis in people with Dementia (TMCDs) using: the perspectives and experiences of service users, carers, the voluntary sector, professionals, and experts. We will use the following methods: researchers interviewing TMCD staff members, semi-structured interviews and focus groups with service users of TMCDs and their carers; and a consensus process to achieve synthesis of these sources of evidence to develop a best practice model, a resource kit and a measure to assess to what extent best practice has been implemented. In work package 2, this resource kit will then be field tested and evaluated through data gathered from TMCDs and other non-crisis dementia teams and client questionnaires.REC name
West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/WM/0273
Date of REC Opinion
4 Aug 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion