Using BERRI methodology to support the psychological needs of older people with dementia

我们由一位拥有使用数据支持终生心理健康的专业知识的咨询临床心理学家创立，我们开发了一个数字工具集(BERI)，可以识别并帮助支持儿童的心理需求，跟踪一段时间的进展，并生成关于如何支持孩子的个性化建议。与临床医生花费时间进行评分和解读的纸质方法相比，这是向前迈出的一大步。Berri在380个居民儿童之家和12个地方当局使用，已经为地方政府节省了数百万英镑；独立的社会和经济影响分析显示，在我们的服务上每花费1 GB，公共资金就节省了108 GB。建立了通过问卷筛选和跟踪需求的方法，然后生成定制报告来为照顾者和专业人员提供建议，我们认识到，我们开发和剥离Berri的过程可以用于支持其他弱势群体的需求，目前这些群体主要由不合格的照顾者支持。其中最大的，也是英国医疗和社会护理服务面临的越来越大的挑战，是患有痴呆症的老年人。在整个英国，有85万人患有痴呆症，据估计，到2025年，这一数字将超过100万。超过40万老年人生活在住宿/护理环境中，那里70%的居民患有痴呆症或严重的记忆问题。更多的痴呆症患者留在自己的家里或与家人一起生活，接受伴侣、孩子或其他家庭成员的居家护理或支持。研究表明，支持痴呆症患者个人心理需求的培训护理者有助于老年人更长时间地保留功能技能，拥有更好的生活质量，并延长寿命。因此，我们建议设计和开发一种类似BERRI的产品，以支持那些照顾痴呆症老年人的人；我们拥有专门的专业知识来开发问卷并改善心理结果。设计基金会赠款将使我们能够研究护理者的需求，并考虑如何开发和营销一种数字工具集，以满足该人群的心理需求。我们将考虑哪些名称和品牌将适合这个市场，哪些信息将到达护理人员和护理提供者组织，以最好地说明价值主张，并鼓励他们使用我们的工具来支持他们所爱的人。我们可以测试营销策略，并计划下一步走向商业化的步骤。

Founded by a consultant clinical psychologist with specialist expertise about using data to support mental health across the lifespan, we developed a digital toolset (BERRI) that can identify and help to support children's psychological needs, tracking progress over time and generating individualised advice about how to support that child. This is a giant step forward compared to paper measures that take clinician time to score and interpret. Used in 380 residential children's homes and 12 local authorities, BERRI has already demonstrably saved millions of pounds for local authorities; an independent social and economic impact analysis shows savings of £108 by the public purse for every £1 spent on our services.Having established the methodology of screening and tracking needs via questionnaire, and then generating a custom report to advise caregivers and professionals, we recognised that the process by which we developed and spun out BERRI could be used to support the needs of other vulnerable population groups who are currently supported predominantly by unqualified caregivers. The biggest of these, and a growing challenge to UK health and social care services, is older people with dementia. Across the UK, 850,000 people have dementia, and it is estimated that this figure will exceed a million by 2025\. More than 400,000 older people live in residential/nursing care settings, where 70% of residents have dementia or severe memory problems. Many more people with dementia remain within their own home or live with family, receiving domiciliary care or support from partners, children or other family members. Research has shown training carers to support the individual psychological needs of people with dementia helps older people to retain functional skills for longer, have better quality of life and increases lifespan.We therefore propose to design and develop a product similar to BERRI to support those caring for older people with dementia; a population with which we have specialist expertise developing questionnaires and improving psychological outcomes.The Design Foundations Grant would allow us to research the needs of carers, and consider how we would develop and market a digital toolset to address the psychological needs of that population. We would consider what name and branding would be suitable for this market, what messaging would reach carers and care-provider organisations to best illustrate the value proposition, and encourage them to use our tools to support their loved-one. We could test marketing strategies and plan the next steps towards commercialisation.