55
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2013
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2014
The Talking Sense manual
Talking Sense is a recently written therapy manual for professionals to use with carers of people with dementia. It is intended to be used one to one with carers and is individualisable according to their relatives degree of communication difficulty or the extent to which the carer experiences difficulty with communication. The approach addresses the carers knowledge, skills, thinking and behaviour in a series of interdependent steps. In this study it will be delivered to carers during 3 home visits and up to a total of 4.5 hours.
Treatment as usual - communication information and advice
Carers will receive the existing model of support provided by the speech and language therapy service. This is based on a one hour visit during which questions will be answered and specific advice given. No leaflets or manual will be used.
Speech and Language Therapy Department, Solent NHS Trust, St James Hospital,, Portsmouth
Solent NHS Trust
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The Sir Halley Stewart Trust
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University of Portsmouth
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