Scaling the Peaks
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Scaling the Peaks; Understanding the barriers and drivers to providing and using dementia friendly community services in rural areas: the impact of location, cultures and communities in the Peak District National Park on sustaining service innovations.
IRAS ID
188103
Contact name
Fiona Marshall
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Research Innovation Services
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
This Study explores the ways in which people living with dementia in the geographical area of the Peak District and their care givers manage their lives. This 4 year research project aims explore the ways in which older people with memory difficulties and/or dementia manage their everyday lives in the Peak Park area of Derbyshire. The work will include people and carers who have lived all their lives in the Park and those who have recently moved to the area to retire. We know that in the Park there are high numbers of older people and carers compared to other areas of England.
Fiona Marshall is leading the work, which is kindly funded by the Alzheimer’s Society and supported by the Institute of Mental Health, University Of Nottingham.
The research is important because little is known about the ways in which older people with memory difficulties manage their lives in rural areas. As such the work will examine a variety of factors which can impact upon live such as closeness to services such as pharmacies, GPs, post offices, food sources and social groups.
Service providers such as social services, NHS, voluntary, community groups and private businesses will be approached to provide their perspectives of meeting the needs of those who require services.
Geographical aspects of the Peak Park such as terrain, climate and related housing and travel will be considered to determine the ways in which they influence the building of sustainable services and meet the needs of older people with dementia.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/YH/0163
Date of REC Opinion
1 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion