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| Project title |
Supporting
Care Homes Residents with Dementia at Night |
| Funding details |
Funded by the Joseph
Rowntree foundation |
| Research
team |
Heather Wilkinson,
Colm Cunningham, Diana Kerr |
| Dates |
to 2009 |
| Type of project |
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| Keywords |
Ageing and older people, community
care, health, illness and health promotion |
| Project
description |
The catalyst for this research
came from a study funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (Wilkinson
et al’s 2004) that highlighted important issues related
to supporting an individual to prepare for and maintain sleep
at night, but that equally demonstrated the vital need to support
the individual during waking periods at night.
Sleep disturbance is more common amongst people with dementia
(Fetveit and Bjorvatn, 2002; Cole and Richards 2005) and can
have a major impact on the ability of support staff to meet
the needs of the individual with dementia within a care home
setting (Fetveit and Bjorvatn, 2002). Having residents awake
through the night can have severe resource implications for
a care home, can increase workload and stress for the staff,
and can have a negative affect on other residents. In establishing
a better understanding of night-time support needs, more effective
and positive practice can be developed to ensure that the needs
of all residents and staff are met.
In this project an action research methodology was used to increase
understanding and knowledge around supporting the night time
care and management of older people and people with dementia
who live in care homes. |
Publications/
dissemination |
Click
here for the book
Click here for
the summary and full report
Click
here to read BBC press coverage of the project
Audio play, Night and
Day
Audio play script
Audio play facilitation
notes
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| Contact |
Heather
Wilkinson |
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