RESEARCH PROJECTS

A novel approach to dementia risk prediction tool development for primary care implementation in our diverse UK population

Contracted centre: University of Nottingham
Status: Active
Duration: 01 years 11 months

A Programme of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews and of Updates of Intervention Reviews in Dementia

Contracted centre: University of Oxford
Status: Completed
Duration: 04 years 05 months

Acoustic signal processing applications for the support of dementia sufferers

Contracted centre: Imperial College London
Status: Active
Duration: 03 years 08 months

An investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program system of care in NHS acute trusts to prevent delirium

Contracted centre: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 05 years 10 months

Bioelectronic systems for intervention in dementia

Contracted centre: Imperial College London
Status: Active
Duration: 00 years 00 months

Biostatistics and functional genomics

Contracted centre: University of Cardiff
Status: Active
Duration: 00 years 00 months

Can leptin, the anti-obesity hormone, protect brain cells?

Contracted centre: University of Dundee
Status: Active
Duration: 00 years 00 months

Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group

Contracted centre: University of Oxford
Status: Completed
Duration: 03 years 00 months

Cognitive training for people with dementia

Contracted centre: Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group
Status: Active
Duration: 01 years 09 months

CognoSpeak: a Cognitive Health Assessment Tool (CcHAT)

Contracted centre: University of Sheffield
Status: Active
Duration: 02 years 11 months

Coherent ultra-wideband radar for biosensing in dementia

Contracted centre: Imperial College London
Status: Active
Duration: 03 years 06 months

Developing a sustainable research programme to prevent falls and promote physical activity among older people with dementia.

Contracted centre: Bournemouth University
Status: Completed
Duration: 02 years 11 months

Developing an evidence-based intervention to improve health care for, and prevent avoidable hospital admission of, older care home residents with frailty or dementia.

Contracted centre: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 02 months

Developing tools for preventing delirium in primary care

Contracted centre: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 05 months

Diagnosis and management of dementia in primary care in Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups: an exploratory study

Contracted centre: *NHS Leicester City CCG
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 03 months

Diet, physical activity and dementia risk un UK adults: Epidemiology and MedEx feasibility study

Contracted centre: University of East Angila
Status: Completed
Duration: 03 years 11 months

DREAMS (Dementia Related Manual for Sleep) START (Strategies for Relatives)

Contracted centre: University College London
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 08 months

Engaging General Practitioners in Service Development and Quality Improvement in Care Homes: a Realist Synthesis of the Published Evidence

Contracted centre: The University of Nottingham
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 02 months

Estimating the benefits and harms of Z-drugs for people with dementia and sleep disorders

Contracted centre: University of East Anglia
Status: Completed
Duration: 02 years 00 months

Hypertension in Dementia – Feasibility Study

Contracted centre: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 10 years 05 months

Improving mealtime care for people with dementia – a training intervention for care home staff

Contracted centre: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Status: Active
Duration: 03 years 00 months

Improving Systems of Care for the Older Person

Contracted centre: University of Glasgow
Status: Completed
Duration: 00 years 00 months

Inter-scanner and inter-patient variability for large-scale MRI studies

Contracted centre: University College London
Status: Active
Duration: 04 years 00 months

Is it possible to develop a complex intervention to improve the outcome of fall-related injuries in people with dementia?

Contracted centre: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Status: Completed
Duration: 03 years 05 months

Journeying through dementia; randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost effectiveness

Contracted centre: Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 03 years 11 months

Managing diabetes in people with dementia: a realist synthesis

Contracted centre: University of Hertfordshire
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 07 months

Navigating everyday adaptations, equipment and technology at home for people with dementia: A focussed design ethnography

Contracted centre: University of Manchester
Status: Active
Duration: 08 years 06 months

Older, homeless and experiencing memory problems: How to support a multiply disadvantaged population

Contracted centre: University College London
Status: Active
Duration: 05 years 01 months

Personalisation of exercise for people with dementia: What works for whom, under what circumstances and why?

Contracted centre: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 03 years 00 months

Policy Research Unit in Quality & Outcomes of Person-Centred Care

Contracted centre: Univeristy of Kent
Status: Active
Duration: 07 years 08 months

PROMED-COG: PROtein enriched MEDiterranean diet to combat undernutrition and promote healthy neuroCOGnitive ageing in older adults

Contracted centre: Queen's University of Belfast
Status: Active
Duration: 02 years 05 months

Psychosocial Therapy to Benefit Patients with Parkinson’s-related Dementia: A Feasibility and Exploratory Pilot Study

Contracted centre: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 03 years 06 months

REducing and preventing COgnitive impairment iN older age groups (the RECON Programme)

Contracted centre: Southampton University
Status: Active
Duration: 10 years 04 months

Reducing unplanned hospital admissions from care homes: an updated and extended systematic review

Contracted centre: The University of Sheffield
Status: Completed
Duration: 00 years 11 months

Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared to rehabilitation at home

Contracted centre: The University of Sheffield
Status: Completed
Duration: 05 years 01 months

Research partnership on functional loss and rehabilitation towards the end of life

Contracted centre: King's College London
Status: Active
Duration: 00 years 11 months

Respite services for carers for people with dementia

Contracted centre: University of York
Status: Completed
Duration: 00 years 00 months

Robotics to enhance independence & safety

Contracted centre: Imperial College London
Status: Active
Duration: 00 years 00 months

STrategies for Older People living in care homes to prevent Urinary Tract Infection: a realist synthesis of the evidence

Contracted centre: University of Southampton
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 05 months

Supporting Safe Walking for People with Dementia

Contracted centre: Halliday James Limited
Status: Completed
Duration: 00 years 11 months

Systematic reviews of interventions which target modifiable risk factors for dementia

Contracted centre: University of Oxford
Status: Completed
Duration: 02 years 05 months

The balanced mind: preventing falls in dementia

Contracted centre: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 00 years 00 months

The development and testing of a communication skills training intervention for healthcare professionals caring for people with dementia in acute hospitals

Contracted centre: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Status: Completed
Duration: 02 years 05 months

The feasibility and practicality of dementia risk reduction in the older popualtion: A pilot trial

Contracted centre: University of Cambridge
Status: Completed
Duration: 02 years 05 months

The House that Boots Built: dementia and the multisensory

Contracted centre: No Organisation
Status: Completed
Duration: 00 years 05 months

Treating Auditory impairment and CogniTion: a pilot trial of hearing aids for dementia risk

Contracted centre: University College London
Status: Completed
Duration: 03 years 04 months

Understanding and predicting falls of people living with dementia

Contracted centre: Swansea University
Status: Completed
Duration: 00 years 11 months

Understanding Infection in People with Dementia: Incidence, Impact and Prevention.

Contracted centre: Univeristy of Cambridge
Status: Active
Duration: 07 years 03 months

Understanding the views of older adults and people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment on driving and fitness to drive

Contracted centre: University of Sheffield
Status: Completed
Duration: 01 years 03 months

Using data science to improve the detection of post-stroke dementia

Contracted centre: University of Newcastle
Status: Active
Duration: 01 years 10 months