Sustainability of locally driven centres for those affected by dementia: a protocol for the get real with meeting centres realist evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Improving support for people with early to moderate dementia to live at home in their communities is a global public health goal. Community adult social care is not robust in many parts of the UK, however, with the pandemic increasing pressure on services for this population. Community-led interventions can play a key role in supporting people postdiagnosis, helping delay decline, but many interventions struggle to sustain beyond 1-2 years. Meeting Centres (MCs) are one such intervention, which many UK community groups find attractive and achievable. However, it is not understood how these communities can ensure they are putting in place strategies that will help them sustain in the longer term, beyond start-up phase.

Methods and analysis

This realist evaluation

SUBMITTER: Morton T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature