Best practice in post‐diagnosis care for people with dementia through Recovery Colleges (DiSCOVERY‐Post‐Diagnostic Dementia Support within the ReCOVERY College Model)
DiSCOVERY utilised mixed methodology to develop a blueprint for patients, family supporters, staff and providers to set up and sustain Recovery College dementia courses, which is coproduced, peer-led education focused on living with dementia positively and with hope, based on learning from five national course case studies. This learning can provide a framework to develop recovery colleges for dementia internationally.
Authors
- Juniper West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0802-7243)
- Emma Wolverson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-7862)
- Fiona Poland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-6911)
- Melanie Handley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-5042)
- Linda Birt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4527-4414)
- Bonnie Teague (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3248-2257)
- Geoff Wong
- Chris Fox
- Corinna Hackmann
- Esme Moniz‐Cook
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of West London (GB)
- University of Hull (GB)
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- NIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70858_098844
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00