Re-teaching personal information to people with dementia
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Re-teaching personal information to people with dementia
IRAS ID
212487
Contact name
Rebecca Sharp
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
16-WA-0189, Previous REC application
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 2 days
Research summary
We seek to evaluate a method for re-teaching people with dementia personal information so that they can partake in social interactions more easily. Errorless learning involves the elimination of errors during the learning process by breaking down the target responses into small steps, providing the correct answers immediately, and the systematic fading of prompts. Such methods may facilitate faster acquisition, and avoid guessing or distress when the person cannot recall the answer. There is currently little literature evaluating the use of errorless discrete trial training methods with people with dementia and we aim to evaluate the utility of this method. We will identify nine personal facts for each participant with dementia (e.g., facts about their family, vocation, and life experiences) and use errorless teaching to re-teach the participants these facts. Errorless teaching will involve 1) asking a question to which the answer is the personal fact, 2) a pause to allow the participant to respond, 4) the prompt to ensure that the participant gives the correct answer, 4) the participant’s answer, and 5) an acknowledgement of the correct response. Outcome measures will be how many facts each participant will be able to recall after teaching, after two weeks, and after four weeks.
REC name
Wales REC 5
REC reference
16/WA/0249
Date of REC Opinion
2 Dec 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion