The Dementia – PersonAlised Care Team (D-PACT) programme is an NIHR funded project, aimed at developing and evaluating a dementia support worker intervention based in general practice for individuals living with dementia and their carers. Our website has full details: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/dementia/dementia-personalised-care-team Current NIHR guidance advocates that research should strive to improve the inclusion of individuals with dementia, including those who lack capacity… Continue reading Judging capacity in dementia studies: Insights from face-to-face and remote recruitment
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Professional Services at the Heart of Research
The Community and Primary Care Research Group has at its heart the Professional Services Team. You may ask, “Why do I need administration?” The answer is, more than you may realise! They are the wheels that keep the ‘well-oiled machine’ rolling along, and they do a lot of work behind the scenes to make sure… Continue reading Professional Services at the Heart of Research
Green Social Prescribing rollout is all push and no pull? An opinion piece by Dr Tom Thompson and Dr Kerryn Husk
There is significant research interest into how nature, natural environments, and associated activities might benefit health; particularly mental health. Clearly, this has become more important over the last year or so. Announced in July 2020, and running for the next two years, there has been a £5.8m investment by the Department for Environment, Food and… Continue reading Green Social Prescribing rollout is all push and no pull? An opinion piece by Dr Tom Thompson and Dr Kerryn Husk
Working from home – a blessing in disguise? My personal perspective.
I started working from home on March 18th 2020 to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, and like many, I’m yet to return to the office. What we thought would be a precautionary few months has turned into fourteen and counting, requiring adaptability and resilience to cope with a new way of life. Coupled with… Continue reading Working from home – a blessing in disguise? My personal perspective.
Collaborative project: EDP Drug and Alcohol Services, Devon Wildlife Trust, Active Devon, and the University of Plymouth – Flourish in Nature.
The theme of this year’s mental health awareness week, ‘Nature’, could not be more fitting for the exciting collaborative project between EDP Drug and Alcohol Services, Devon Wildlife Trust, Active Devon, and the University of Plymouth: Flourish in Nature. Funded by Sport England and now well established in both south and north Devon, Flourish in… Continue reading Collaborative project: EDP Drug and Alcohol Services, Devon Wildlife Trust, Active Devon, and the University of Plymouth – Flourish in Nature.
A Generous Assumption – Jo Smith
Emails – love them or loathe them, they have definitely increased during the last 12 months whilst we have been navigating home working during a global pandemic. You know the feeling when you open an email or even read the subject header, and although the words are fine, spelling is good and grammar satisfactory,… Continue reading A Generous Assumption – Jo Smith
Enhancing opportunities for researcher-practitioner shared understanding during Covid-19: experiences from the D-PACT study – Hannah Wheat, Sarah Griffiths and Hayley Rose
The NIHR funded Dementia-Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) project https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/dementia/dementia-person-aligned-care-team, aims to develop and evaluate a person-centred Dementia Support Worker (DSW) intervention based in primary care. The project is based across two sites in the South West (SW) and North West (NW) of England,… Continue reading Enhancing opportunities for researcher-practitioner shared understanding during Covid-19: experiences from the D-PACT study – Hannah Wheat, Sarah Griffiths and Hayley Rose
Interviewing people with dementia and carers remotely – Sarah Griffiths and Hannah Wheat
We are Research Fellows on the NIHR funded Dementia-Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) project which aims to develop and evaluate a person-centred Dementia Support Worker (DSW) intervention based in primary care. Interviewing people with dementia and carers, about their experiences of receiving the support intervention, has substantially informed our learning during the feasibility phase. In May… Continue reading Interviewing people with dementia and carers remotely – Sarah Griffiths and Hannah Wheat
Is Primary Care Open for Business? – Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt and Richard Byng
Scoping out the Issues in the Rapid Scaling Up of Remote Triage and Consulting in the Covid-19 Pandemic – November 25th 2020 Public Health England’s ‘Open for Business’ campaign has been an attempt to reassure the public that they should still access primary care services if they have concerns about their health. However, as practices… Continue reading Is Primary Care Open for Business? – Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt and Richard Byng
Interviewing people with dementia – Sarah Griffiths
I am a qualitative researcher on the NIHR funded Dementia-Person Aligned Care Team (DPACT) project (https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/dementia-person-aligned-care-team). We are looking at whether quality of life for people with dementia and their carers can be improved by having a dedicated support worker to provide individualised support and help with navigating the complex dementia ‘journey’. I have been… Continue reading Interviewing people with dementia – Sarah Griffiths