The D-DRINC Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An Inclusive approach to understand drinking, for people living with dementia in a care home – The D-DRINC Study
IRAS ID
317892
Contact name
Ellice Parkinson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of East Anglia
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 1 days
Research summary
The D-DRINC Study has two parts. The first part (D-DRINC study A) is an in-depth qualitative case study which aims to explore drinking within a care home setting, for people living with dementia. The study aims to better understand how someone living with dementia comes to drink within the unique system of a care home. The study will involve a researcher spending time within a care home in Norfolk, observing daily life, the routines and conversations within the home. The researcher will also have conversations with participants within the home, during the periods of observation, to find out more about what the participants are doing/engaged with. All observations will be focused on drinking-related activities and opportunities.
These observations will then lead onto unstructured interviews. The researcher will invite people who live within, work within and visit the care home to take part in these interviews. The interviews will seek to include a variety of perspectives from a range of participants, to discuss the issue of drinking further, expanding upon the previous observations.
The second part of the D-DRINC Study (D-DRINC Study B) will involve the researcher analysing anonymised posts from the online public discussion forum “Dementia Talking Point”, which is hosted by Alzheimer’s Society, to generate themes about drinking. Posts will be included within the analysis if they are related to residents drinking in care home settings. The findings from D-DRINC Study B will then be compared with the findings from D-DRINC Study A, to explore any similarities or differences between online discussions of drinking, compared to researcher observations and discussions of drinking within a single care home.REC name
London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/LO/0551
Date of REC Opinion
12 Oct 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion