Improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life--living well with dementia: study protocol for the IDEAL study - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1186/s12955-014-0164-6.

Sharon M Nelis 2, Catherine Quinn 3, Anthony Martyr 4, Catherine Henderson 5, John V Hindle 6, Ian R Jones 7, Roy W Jones 8, Martin Knapp 9, Michael D Kopelman 10, Robin G Morris 11, James A Pickett 12, Jennifer M Rusted 13, Nada M Savitch 14, Jeanette M Thom 15, Christina R Victor 16

Affiliations

Improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life--living well with dementia: study protocol for the IDEAL study

Linda Clare et al. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2014.

Abstract

Background: Enabling people with dementia and carers to 'live well' with the condition is a key United Kingdom policy objective. The aim of this project is to identify what helps people to live well or makes it difficult to live well in the context of having dementia or caring for a person with dementia, and to understand what 'living well' means from the perspective of people with dementia and carers.

Methods/design: Over a two-year period, 1500 people with early-stage dementia throughout Great Britain will be recruited to the study, together with a carer wherever possible. All the participants will be visited at home initially and again 12 months and 24 months later. This will provide information about the way in which well-being, life satisfaction and quality of life are affected by social capitals, assets and resources, the challenges posed by dementia, and the ways in which people adjust to and cope with these challenges. A smaller group will be interviewed in more depth.

Discussion: The findings will lead to recommendations about what can be done by individuals, communities, health and social care practitioners, care providers and policy-makers to improve the likelihood of living well with dementia.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1

Figure 1

Overview of factors thought to affect the ability to live well with dementia that will be examined in IDEAL.

Similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Department of Health . Living Well with Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy. London: Department of Health; 2009.
    1. Banerjee S. Living well with dementia—development of the national dementia strategy for England. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010;25:917–922. - PubMed
    1. Department of Health . Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Delivering Major Improvements in Dementia Care and Research by 2015. London: Department of Health; 2012.
    1. Small N. Living well until you die: quality of care and quality of life in palliative and dementia care. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007;1114:194–203. - PubMed
    1. Institute Of Medicine . Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action. Washington: National Academies Press; 2012.

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources