Condition: Alzheimer Disease (AD) · Sponsor: University of Plymouth
Background. Healthcare professionals can now diagnose the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease (early-AD) and new drugs are effective at slowing the disease. The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has started to develop plans for how to implement these key achievements into clinical practice, so that patients can receive timely diagnosis and treatment. Cognitive assessments measure someone's memory and thinking skills and are required for an early-AD diagnosis. There are concerns that the NHS does not have the workforce to deliver cognitive assessments, and that this will delay early-AD diagnosis and treatment. Memory nurses are the largest staffing group in memory services. I have developed a plan for memory nurses to deliver full cognitive assessments. This would prevent delays to early diagnosis and treatment. Research Aims. This research will use a co-design approach. This involves working with service users and memory nurses to co-develop and evaluate a new cognitive assessment and cognitive training course for nurses. Research Methods. The cognitive assessment and training course will be evaluated using service-user and nurse feedback. 120 older adults with subjective memory complaints will be asked to complete a cognitive assessment, a brain scan, and a blood test. We will use this information to tell us if the cognitive assessment is good enough. Patient and Public Involvement. This proposal was co-developed with older adults and memory nurses. …
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Donnchadh Murphy, D.Clin.Psy · +44 1752 585858 · donnchadh.murphy@plymouth.ac.uk
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| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Research Delivery Team | Exeter, United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| North East London NHS Foundation Trust | London, United Kingdom | Not Yet Recruiting |
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