Cognitive Rehabilitation for People With Mild-to-moderate Dementia - Trial NCT06069882

Timeline & Enrollment

Primary Outcome

Goal Attainment,Memory Self-efficacy

Summary

Cognitive Rehabilitation is an approach that teaches strategies to people with cognitive
 problems which helps them accomplish tasks which they find challenging. It is found to be
 helpful for People with Dementia (PwD) who typically are still able to learn new procedures
 for completing tasks they find difficult. NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have developed a
 workshop and staff resource that aims to provide health and social care staff in Scotland
 with the knowledge, skills, and resources to use CR with PwD in a consistent and
 evidence-based way. The resources developed by the NES are based on the CR in dementia
 evidence base. However, the usefulness of this programme for Scotland's health services has
 not been investigated.
 
 The aim of this study is to investigate whether staff assisted use of the CR resources leads
 to improved goal attainment and self-efficacy for PwD as well as explore the personal
 experiences of staff, PwD, and their carers of the NES Cognitive Rehabilitation in Dementia
 intervention, including the impact the intervention may have on participants' confidence in
 managing their condition.
 
 Six PwD who are seen by Older People's Community Mental Health Teams (OPCMHTs) or the Young
 Onset Dementia (YOD) service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), six nominated persons
 who act as carers for the PwD, and six clinical team members providing the intervention will
 have an opportunity to be involved in the study. PwD will develop their own goal related to
 everyday activities. Their achievement with this goal will be measured many times before and
 after a CR intervention. The investigators will then investigate if there has been any change
 in goal success before and after they were given support from staff. The study will also aim
 to understand the experiences of people participating in CR by conducting interviews with
 them. The information gathered through the interviews will then be analysed to identify
 themes in relation to the research aims, such as confidence of PwD in managing their
 difficulties and facilitators/barriers to participating in the intervention.
 
 The investigators will explore appropriate academic journals with the academic supervisor and
 submit for publication. The participants will be given the option of receiving a summary
 sheet of the findings of the study. If successful, the investigators anticipate that the
 study could encourage greater use of CR interventions to support people with dementia. It is
 also hoped that insights will offer healthcare providers valuable information when creating
 services for people with dementia and their carers.

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