RAISe-Dementia study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Risk Assessment and Increasing Safety in Dementia – RAISe-Dementia study
IRAS ID
253119
Contact name
Juanita Hoe
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
City, University of London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Staff/18-19/09, Provisional indemnity letter
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
People with dementia are often more vulnerable to risks than other people. These risks include problems such as self-neglect through forgetting to eat and drink properly or take medication; vulnerability to crime and abuse from others; risk to self and others from fire at home to maintaining road safety. Most people wish to remain at home for as long as possible, and managing these risks within dementia should help this.
Good risk assessment is very important to enable people with dementia and their families to find the right balance for them between independence and safety. Currently, risk assessment conducted by health and social care professionals is variable and subjective. There are no proven valid and reliable tools to help professionals assess risk in dementia. The main aim of our study is to examine the effectiveness of using a new risk assessment tool for people with dementia, which is currently being used in one NHS trust (Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust). This dementia risk assessment tool helps identify concerns about risk, the actions needed to reduce risk, and how often people living with dementia should be followed up, either through frequent visits to the home or regular telephone calls. We want to see how well it identifies and mitigates risks for people with dementia and whether these risks are reduced over a period of 6 months. We also plan to ask people with dementia and family carers about their experiences and involvement in this process and whether it has helped to enable them to continue to live safely and independently at home. We will then talk with service user and professional groups about the risk assessment tool, to identify any concerns they have about its use, and gather suggestions for how it can be improved and shared with others.
REC name
London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/1694
Date of REC Opinion
26 Oct 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion