Components, impacts and costs of dementia home support: a research programme including the DESCANT RCT

• Main Authors: Paul Clarkson (Author), David Challis (Author), Jane Hughes (Author), Brenda Roe (Author), Linda Davies (Author), Ian Russell (Author), Martin Orrell (Author), Fiona Poland (Author), David Jolley (Author), Narinder Kapur (Author), Catherine Robinson (Author), Helen Chester (Author), Sue Davies (Author), Caroline Sutcliffe (Author), Julie Peconi (Author), Rosa Pitts (Author), Greg Fegan (Author), Saiful Islam (Author), Vincent Gillan (Author), Charlotte Entwistle (Author), Rebecca Beresford (Author), Michele Abendstern (Author), Clarissa Giebel (Author), Saima Ahmed (Author), Rowan Jasper (Author), Adeela Usman (Author), Baber Malik (Author), Karen Hayhurst (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Over half of people with dementia live at home. We know little about what home support could be clinically effective or cost-effective in enabling them to live well. Objectives: We aimed to (1) review evidence for components of home support, identify their presence in the literature and...