What is needed to obtain informed consent and monitor capacity for a successful study involving People with Mild Dementia? Our experience in a multi-centre study

What is needed to obtain informed consent and monitor capacity for a successful study involving People with Mild Dementia? Our experience in a multi-centre study
Jennifer NW Lim, Rosa Almeida, Vjera Holthoff-Detto, Geke DS Ludden, Tina Smith, Kristina Niedderer
International Mind Conference, 19-20 September 2019; Dresden Germany
Open Access
Abstract
Strategies on informed consent process and capacity monitoring for mild dementia research are at developing state. We reflected on our experience and found that the successful collection of informed consent and full participation of PwD required the involvement of familiar healthcare professionals/care workers/staff at the recruitment and data collection stages and this needs to occur in an active support environment. Time is another important factor affecting the success of the study.