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ArticleBMJ open2019

Dementia-friendly prisons: a mixed-methods evaluation of the application of dementia-friendly community principles to two prisons in England.

Samantha Treacy, Anna Haggith, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, Tine Van Bortel

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Samantha TreacyDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK st617@medschl.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9755-7686
Anna HaggithDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Nuwan Darshana WickramasingheDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6025-6022
Tine Van BortelDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0467-6393
University of Cambridge · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo apply and evaluate dementia-friendly community (DFC) principles in prisons.

designA pilot study and process evaluation using mixed methods, with a 1-year follow-up evaluation period.

settingTwo male prisons: a category C sex offender prison (prison A) and a local prison (prison B).

participants68 participants-50 prisoners, 18 staff.

interventionThe delivery of dementia information sessions, and the formulation and implementation of dementia-friendly prison action plans. MEASURES: Study-specific questionnaires; Alzheimer's Society DFC criteria; semi-structured interview and focus group schedules.

resultsBoth prisons hosted dementia information sessions which resulted in statistically significant (p>0.05) increases in attendees' dementia knowledge, sustained across the follow-up period. Only prison A formulated and implemented a dementia action plan, although a prison B prisoner dedicated the prisoner magazine to dementia, post-information session. Prison A participants reported some progress on awareness raising, environmental change and support to prisoners with dementia in maintaining independence. The meeting of other dementia-friendly aims was less apparent. Numbers of older prisoners, and those diagnosed with dementia, appeared to have the greatest impact on engagement with DFC principles, as did the existence of specialist wings for older prisoners or those with additional care needs. Other barriers and facilitators included aspects of the prison institution and environment, staff teams, prisoners, prison culture and external factors.

conclusionsDFC principles appear to be acceptable to prisons with some promising progress and results found. However, a lack of government funding and strategy to focus action around the escalating numbers of older prisoners and those living with dementia appears to contribute to a context where interventions targeted at this highly vulnerable group can be deprioritised. A more robust evaluation of this intervention on a larger scale over a longer period of time would be useful to assess its utility further.

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AdultAgedDementiaFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsPrisonersPrisonsSex OffensesYoung Adultawareness raisingdementiaenvironmentolder prisonerspeer supportprisoner health

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