OPEN RESEARCH STUDY
SONNET
Category:
Care Homes
Open to:
Adults
Overview
The overall objective of this study is to develop a valid and reliable for measuring social connection for people living in care homes. It will conduct interviews with people living with or without dementia in care homes, carers and researchers to gain an understanding of the importance of social connections and how this is measured among people living in care homes with dementia.
Inclusion criteria
LTC resident
Adult over the age of 65 years old
Adequate English language proficiency
Proxy Carer
Care home staff member
Adult over the age of 18 years old
Adequate English language proficiency
Must care for the resident at least once weekly over the past month (not including when visitor restrictions are in place)
Exclusion criteria
Dementia
Severe mental illness
What is involved?
If care homes wish to take part in this research- they need to be able to have a resident that can complete a 10 minute questionnaire with us and a carer who knows the resident relatively well to also complete a 10 minute questionnaire with us on the same
Interested in taking part?
Email the team to find out more: research@solent.nhs.uk