Authors' objectives: Without unpaid carers partners, family member and friends health and social care services could not care for people with dementia. We have evidence about the effects of being a carer for a person with dementia, but still do not know how to provide specialist support to carers effectively and efficiently. NIHR is keen to change this and we are responding to their wish to know more about support for carers. Admiral Nursing (AN) is the only dementia specialist nursing service for carers and has 65 schemes. The NHS, local authorities and voluntary organisations pay for and/or host AN services in different areas. While they are set up, run and funded differently, all AN services focus their support on carers. Research has described what AN services do and what carers think about them. However, this research did not look at how effective the services are, how much they cost or how they work with other health and social care services. Our research will try to answer the question: What are the costs and benefits for carers of people with dementia and the health and social care system of providing specialist nursing support?

Project Status: Completed

URL for project: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/1415407

Year Published: 2019

URL for published report: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/1415407

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

Publication Type: Not Assigned

Country: England, United Kingdom

Organisation Name: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme

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