Developing an intervention for Falls in Dementia WP4
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Is it possible to develop a complex intervention to improve the outcome of falls in people with dementia (Work package 4)?
IRAS ID
227451
Contact name
Louise M Allan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN41760734
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
BH138009, Newcastle University Grants and Contracts reference
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 31 days
Research summary
People with dementia (PWD) fall over more often than people who do not have dementia. When they fall over, they are more likely to hurt themselves. They do not get better as easily as people without dementia. After hurting themselves PWD may need a lot more help in looking after themselves, or need to move to a care home. They and their carer may not have such a good quality of life after the fall. The NHS and social services find it is expensive to look after people with these injuries. We know that falls cause problems for PWD, but we do not really know the best way to look after them. This is because there has been little research in this area. Each person is likely to have many different needs, but at the moment we do not know how we can meet these needs within the NHS. In this programme of work, we have been developing a package of care that has a good chance of helping PWD recover in the ways that are important to them.
So far we have undertaken 3 packages of work where we looked at what is happening at the moment and how it could be improved. We asked an expert panel to help us design a package of care which we would now like to test within the NHS. The funder originally asked us to look at helping PWD, who live in their own home, with an injury after a fall. The work we have done so far shows that it is also important to help people who have fallen but not injured themselves. So in this study we will be testing a package of care to help PWD who have had a fall and sought help from a healthcare professional, whether or not they have injured themselves.REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 2 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/NE/0297
Date of REC Opinion
8 Nov 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion