Comprehensive modelling of outcomes for those with memory problems
Research type
Research Study
Full title
MODEM: Comprehensive approach to modelling outcome and cost impacts of interventions for dementia
IRAS ID
169039
Contact name
Sube Banerjee
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Brighton & Sussex Medical School
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 2 months, 1 days
Research summary
Many people with dementia have multiple needs, and receive a lot of support from family and other unpaid carers, as well as treatment and care from health and social care services. Many eventually move into care homes. The costs of supporting people with dementia can therefore be very high. As the UK population continues to age, the number of people with dementia will grow considerably over the coming decades. A major challenge is how to provide high-quality treatment and support to these individuals at a cost seen as affordable. Evaluations and audits have identified major quality concerns in provision, highlighting issues around ineffectiveness, coordination, access to care and affordability. Against this background, this project will generate new evidence to help decision-makers in the health and social care systems to develop and implement strategies to meet the needs and improve the wellbeing of people with dementia and their carers in ways that make better use of society’s resources over coming decades. The MODEM programme will examine existing data and collect new data on a cohort of 300 people with dementia followed up for one year, to get a clearer understanding of the links between a number of factors: the characteristics of individuals and families, their dementia-related and other needs for care and support, and the services and treatments that could be available to them. We will look at the effects of care, support and treatments on outcomes for individuals and carers - how those interventions can improve their health and wellbeing - and also on the costs of support. From this MODEM will seek to develop a comprehensive, integrative, quantitative set of models to estimate current and future needs, and the costs of current and alternative interventions at meeting them.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
15/IEC08/0005
Date of REC Opinion
16 Jan 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion