In September,
members from the only UK pilot site, Sheffield, joined partners from across
Europe for the 4th IN-LIFE meeting in Chalkidiki, Greece.
An intense three
days of meetings saw Professor Arlene Astell and Dr Sarah Smith join more than
20 project partners from Spain, Greece, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Sweden to
update the Consortium on the progress of their specific work packages.
The six pilot
sites are currently in the process of recruiting participants and delivering
the various interventions that each site has chosen to develop and pilot.
Nearly 2,500 participants will be involved across the six sites including
people living with dementia, informal carers, health professionals and
additional stakeholders.
In Sheffield, we
are piloting the Computer Interactive Conversation and Reminiscence tool
(CIRCA) with over 400 participants. Along with our UK project partner,
Sheffcare, we have successfully completed phase one with over 60 residents of
Sheffcare homes.
NHS ethical
approval has also just been received and the site will begin recruiting from
Sheffield Health and Social Care and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals shortly.
We’d say the team
earned a glimpse of sunshine after making such great progress.
To find out more
about the IN-LIFE project, visit the website or contact Laura Murray.
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