Clinical Research Directory

Survey Inclusion Criteria: * Ward managers of mental health wards that provides care to PLWD * Ward managers from NHS wards that provides care to PLWD * Ward managers from private providers that provides care to PLWD * Ward managers that work on organic or mixed wards that provides care to PLWD Exclusion Criteria: * Functional older adult mental health wards that do not provide care to PLWD * Staff members who are not the ward manager Longitudinal interviews with current carers Inclusion criteria: * Family member (any relationship) or friend of a PLWD currently receiving care on a mental health ward * Aged 18 years old or above * Has capacity to consent to participate in an interview * Willing to take part in 3 interviews over 12 months Exclusion criteria: * The carer is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation. * The carer is under 18 years old * The carer does not have capacity to consent to participate in an interview Interviews with discharged carers Inclusion criteria: * Family member (any relationship) or friend of a PLWD discharged from the ward within the last 3 years * Aged 18 years old or above * Has capacity to consent to participate in an interview * Willing to take part in an interview Exclusion criteria: * The carer is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation * The carer is under 18 years old * The carer does not have capacity to consent to participate in an interview Interviews with People Living With Dementia (PLWD) Inclusion criteria: * PLWD currently under the care of the mental health ward * PLWD discharged from the care of a dementia mental health ward within the last 3 years * Has capacity to give informed consent to taking part in an interview * Willing to take part in an interview alongside their carer Exclusion criteria: * The PLWD is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation * The PLWD does not have capacity to consent to participate in an interview * The PLWD is not willing to take part in an interview alongside their carer * The PLWD has been discharged from the care of a dementia mental health ward for more than 3 years Co-design study - PLWD and carers Inclusion criteria: * PLWD who may, or may not, have experience of dementia mental health wards * Carers (family members or friends) of PLWD who may, or may not, have experience of dementia mental health wards * Willing to talk about mental health and dementia * Aged 18 years old or above * Have capacity to give informed consent Exclusion criteria: * Participants who do not have experience of living with, or caring for someone with, dementia * Not willing to talk about mental health and dementia * Aged under 18 years old * Does not have capacity to give informed consent Co-design study - staff Inclusion criteria: * Members of staff working within mental health wards for PLWD * Members of staff of any professional group in a role that involves contact with carers (e.g. health care assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, family therapists, psychiatrists etc) * Members of staff of any pay band or grade * Students on placement in a mental health ward * Members of staff working on NHS or private wards Exclusion criteria: * The staff member is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation * Members of staff that do not work within mental health wards for PLWD Feasibility study - PLWD and carers Inclusion criteria: * PLWD * Carer (family or friend; current or bereaved) * Willing to review outputs related to mental health wards * Aged 18 years old or above * Capacity to consent to take part Exclusion criteria: * The participant (PLWD or carer) is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation. * Is not willing to review outputs related to mental health wards * Aged under 18 years old * Does not have capacity to consent to take part Feasibility study - staff Inclusion criteria: * Members of staff working within mental health wards for PLWD * Members of staff of any professional group in a role that involves contact with carers (e.g. health care assistants, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, family therapists, psychiatrists etc) * Members of staff of any pay band or grade * Students on placement in a mental health ward * Members of staff working on NHS or private wards Exclusion criteria: * The staff member is actively involved in a safeguarding investigation * Members of staff that do not work within mental health wards for PLWD