Occupation

Abstracts
Author Biographies
Emma McGee is a specialist Occupational Therapist in acute
dementia inpatient services in Chester.
P37
Developing MSc module resources teaching rights
based practice and dementia
Robertson-Flannigan L, Maclean F, Hunter E, Queen
Margaret University
As part of the strategic alliance between Queen Margaret
University and Alzheimer Scotland, a MSc (Post Reg.) module
entitled ‘Developing rights-based practice for Allied Health
Professionals working with people with dementia, their families
and carers’ was created. The module was co-produced and codelivered
through the strategic alliance, aimed at Allied Health
Professionals (AHP), to promote rights-based practice when
working with people with dementia.
A human rights-based approach is actively being encouraged
for AHPs by Alzheimer Scotland to ensure that all legislation,
policy and strategies affecting people living with dementia are
underpinned by human rights. A human rights-based approach
is about making people aware of their rights, whilst increasing
the accountability of individuals and institutions who are
responsible for respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights
(Alzheimer Scotland, 2015).
The relative uniqueness of promoting and translating a humanrights
based approach to AHP practice when working with
people with dementia meant that relevant literature required
to be defined, searched and reviewed in order to support
the delivery of this new module. Consequently, a structured
literature review process was crafted. This process firstly
considered how a rights-based approach to practice could
be defined, relevant to AHP practice. This then informed the
discussion and selection of appropriate search terms, creating
the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Finally the search strategy
was implemented and a structure devised to classify literature
found. This process ultimately produced a comprehensive source
of reference material, that was made available to the MSc (Post
Reg.) students, via the module Hub, Queen Margaret University’s
virtual learning environment.
This poster aims to present the process created and adopted
in defining rights-based practice and dementia, leading to the
development of source material and literature for AHP MSc
students.
References
Alzheimer Scotland, 2015. Rights based approach to dementia
[online]. [viewed 16 September 2015]. Available from: http://
www.alzscot.org/campaigning/rights_based_approach
Keywords
Dementia, Practice development, Independent Sector
Contact E-mail Addresses
fmaclean@qmu.ac.uk
Author Biographies
Lynsey Robertson-Flannigan is a fourth year occupational therapy
student who completed an internship with Alzheimer Scotland
during the summer of 2015. This internship was co-funded and
supported by Alzheimer Scotland, Santander Universities UK and
Queen Margaret University.
Fiona Maclean is a Senior Lecturer at Queen Margaret University
and programme leader of the MSc (Post Reg.) programme in
occupational therapy.
Posters
P38
Implementing a champion model to increase clinician
engagement in dementia research
Talbot E 1 , Hooper E 2 , Winson R 3 , Norfolk and Suffolk
Foundation Trust 1 , Lancashire Care NHS Foundation
Trust 2 , Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust 3
According to Alzheimer’s Research UK (2015), 61% of people
would be willing to take part in dementia research, primarily to
improve the lives of future generations yet there are currently
only 4.5% of people living with dementia taking part in research
(DH, 2015). Whilst initiatives like Join Dementia Research serve
to increase opportunities for self-referral, it is still necessary
for clinical teams to support research by offering people
opportunities for involvement. However, a ‘mystery shopper’
survey conducted by the National Institute for Health Research
(2013) found that non-research staff were not sure how to
advise patients and the public about research and were not able
to advise where this information could be found.
We are three occupational therapist research practitioners
working on a national randomised controlled trial. Receiving
referrals and recruiting people into the study is a key part of
our job. In order to maintain momentum around referrals, we
meet with clinical teams to discuss the study and answer any
questions. During such meetings, clinicians are excited to help in
dementia research. However, this does not necessarily translate
into referrals, with clinicians commonly explaining that they have
forgotten about the research after we have gone. Re-visiting and
reminding when working across one or more counties is not a
viable option and we have drawn the conclusion that we need
research interested clinicians in each team to do the reminding
through the development and implementation of a ‘champion’
model.
With the support from the R&D managers in our Trusts we are
developing and rolling out a ‘dementia research champion’
programme within our Trusts. This process will be documented
and an evidence base collected so that the programme can be
extended into other areas. We would like to present the journey
and outcomes of developing and implementing this programme
and provide other research OTs with a model to take back to
their practice areas.
References
Alzheimer’s Research UK (2015) 10 things you need to know
about capacity. Available at: http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.
org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/7.-10-things-capacity.pdf (Last
accessed 17/09/2015)
DH (2015) Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020.
London: Crown. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/
uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414344/pmdementia2020.pdf
(Last accessed 17/09/2015)
National Institute of Health Research (2013) Mystery Shopper
Report. Leeds: National Institute of Health Research. Available
at: https://www.crn.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/crnadmin/
Mystery-shopper-report.pdf (Last accessed 17/09/2015)
Keywords
Dementia, Service improvement or transformation, New or
emerging roles, NHS
Contact E-mail Addresses
emma.talbot3@nhs.net
Author Biographies
Emma Talbot has been an Occupational Therapist for 10 years,
spending the majority of this time within the acute general
hospital working in a variety of areas including the emergency
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