Dementia Champions in Homecare

Recruiting

• Conditions: Dementia

• Registration Number: NCT05684783
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London

Brief Summary

This is a descriptive, explorative study in which we will explore how the role of Dementia Champions in homecare services could develop, and become more widely implemented in this sector's workforce.

Detailed Description

This study had three parts:

1. The investigators will start by learning from the work of other Dementia Champions working across care services to get a 'real world' in-depth understanding of what working as a Dementia Champion involves, what works well, and what can be improved. The investigators will carry out qualitative interviews with care professionals with experience of being or working with Dementia Champions. They will also speak to people affected by dementia (people living with dementia and their family carers) who have received care from services with Dementia Champions.

2. The investigators will carry out a stakeholder consultation workshop with 10 people including care professionals, people affected by dementia, and other relevant stakeholders, to build on what we have learned so far. They will commission a Science Illustrator to visually scribe the workshop discussions and produce an illustration of the Dementia Champion in homecare role.

3. The investigators will use the model created in part 2 of the study to facilitate interviews in part 3. They will speak to staff working in homecare services (managers and homecare workers) that do not have Dementia Champions in them, and people living with dementia and family members who use homecare services that do not have Dementia Champions in them. This will help the research team understand how to better establish the role of Dementia Champions and how this could work within homecare, including what would be needed to support staff in this role.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-13
• Study Start: 2023-09-26
• Primary Completion: 2023-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-05
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-06
• Study Completion: 2023-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• People who do not have capacity to consent to take part in this research study. The research team has experience of conducting informal assessments of capacity, using the three-stage test outlined in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 of England and Wales.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
This is a qualitative study involving interviews and as such, there are no measurable outcomes. We will, however, use an interview topic guide to conduct interviews, and use the findings to produce a Model of Dementia Champions in the homecare sector	8 months	Experiences of care staff, people living with dementia, and family carers of dementia champions in homecare.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Home Instead Devon; 🇬🇧 South Molton, United Kingdom