Counselling People with Dementia: a feasibility study investigating the potential for accessible therapy delivered through a social enterprise model

项目目标：我们希望测试一个可访问的，以社区为基础的咨询模式，以帮助满足老年痴呆症患者的情绪健康和福祉需求。问题在老年痴呆症患者和照顾者的咨询方面存在明显的差距。我采访的人谈到了与他们的损失经历和对未来的担忧有关的困难的情感挑战。目前，痴呆症患者很少获得咨询干预措施，而且研究不足。大多数治疗师没有接受过这方面的培训，通常，那些在痴呆症服务中工作的人没有咨询技能。尽管支持是痴呆症患者的一项人权，但许多卫生工作人员和治疗师并不知道治疗的潜在好处。我希望与Zinc、痴呆症患者、护理人员和咨询师合作，开发一种可访问的咨询模式，可以显著改善痴呆症患者和其他人的心理健康。首先，我们需要检验研究方法。然后测试痴呆症友好咨询模式。成功意味着：1）痴呆症患者、护理人员和咨询人员参与研究过程，确保我们的想法和方法符合道德、创造性和适合目的。2）利用测试方法、咨询过程和潜在投资者反馈的结果，我们共同创建了一个分层的咨询培训和交付包，供不同的公共服务、第三部门、社区团体和企业使用。3）该包的销售和交付使人们能够获得量身定制的咨询机会，帮助解决孤独和耻辱。4）痴呆症患者和护理人员可以选择如何以及在哪里获得治疗支持。

Project Aim:We want to test an accessible, community-based, counselling model to help meet the emotional health and well-being needs of people living with dementia.The ProblemThere is a clear gap in counselling for people living with dementia and carers. The people I interviewed spoke about difficult emotional challenges linked to their experience of loss and concerns about the future. Currently, counselling interventions are poorly accessed by people living with dementia and under-researched. Most therapists have no training in this area and typically, those working in dementia services have no counselling skills. Despite support being a Human Right for people living with dementia, many health staff and therapists are not aware of the potential benefits of therapy. It is clear from my interviews that this is not true.The VisionI want to work with Zinc, people living with dementia, carers and counsellors to develop an accessible counselling model that can significantly improve the mental health of people with dementia and others. Firstly, we need to test the research methods. and then test the dementia-friendly counselling model.Success means:1) People living with dementia, carers and counsellors are involved in the research process ensuring our ideas and methods are ethical, creative and fit for purpose.2) Using the findings from testing the methods, counselling process, and potential investor feedback, we co-create a tiered counselling training and delivery package for use across different public services, the third sector, community groups and businesses.3) Sale and delivery of the package enables accessible and tailored counselling opportunities, helping to tackle loneliness and stigma.4) People living with dementia and carers can choose how and where they access therapeutic support.