Qualitative evaluation of My Life Today - A co-produced personal tool from the IDEAL programme to help people with dementia monitor valued aspects of their lives.

ABSTRACT: Background and objectives: Self-management of chronic conditions can help individuals take control of their health, both improving well-being and reducing the burden on health and social care resources. This study explored the potential of our co-produced self-management tool, My Life Today (MLT), to help people with dementia identify, plan and monitor aspects of their lives that are important to them and that help to maintain or improve well-being.Research design and methods: We asked people with dementia to try using MLT. We conducted semi-structured interviews after one month and further interviews one month later. We also interviewed people who had supported the person with dementia to use MLT ('supporters'). We adopted a realist approach to thematic analysis to explore w

SUBMITTER: Pentecost C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12508498 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature