Principal Investigators


Livingston, Professor GA

Institution


University College London

Contact information of lead PI


Country


United Kingdom

Title of project or programme


The MARQUE project: Managing Agitation and Raising QUality of Life. A project to improve quality of life in people with moderate or severe dementia

Source of funding information


ESRC/NIHR

Total sum awarded (Euro)


€ 4,432,625

Start date of award


01/03/2014

Total duration of award in years


5.0

The project/programme is most relevant to:


Alzheimer's disease & other dementias

Keywords


Research Abstract


The MARQUE programme “Managing Agitation and Raising QUality of Life” aims to reduce agitation and increase quality of life in people with dementia. Our group has completed a funded systematic literature review on interventions to reduce agitation. Our vision is to build on this, advancing knowledge, including how to implement findings, to improve quality of life for those with dementia. The programme will also mentor existing, and train new researchers, to build a legacy of trained dementia researchers.

The research will involve observing and interviewing a wide range of people with dementia and those who care for them at home, in care homes and including at end of life to understand better how agitation is currently managed, barriers to good practice and how to improve care; then to devise and test interventions. We will also develop our theoretical knowledge of dementia, agitation, how people with dementia and their carers experience these and their relationship to citizenship and personhood.

We will know what works, is cost effective and how to implement this to improve quality of life for people with dementia and their carers, and future research needed. Our partners will then work with us to ensure national publicity and implementation.

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