Research evidence
Cognitive Rehabilitation is recommended as an intervention in dementia care in the NICE Guidelines and in the Royal College of Psychiatrists Memory Services National Accreditation Programme. Read more here.
Research on GREAT Cognitive Rehabilitation
GREAT Cognitive Rehabilitation builds on over two decades of research in the Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH), University of Exeter, and other leading dementia research centres and care services.
There is growing evidence that CR interventions may support independence and lead to improved functioning in people with mild to moderate dementia, with single-case experimental designs, small-scale pre-post group comparison studies, single-site randomised controlled trials, and evidence from large multi-centre randomised controlled trials, including GREAT trial. A Cochrane review is underway to synthesise the existing evidence in clinical trials (for protocol, see Kudlicka et al., 2019).
Watch this video to learn more about the approach from Professor Linda Clare
Given the research evidence we needed to know whether - and how - it could be incorporated into routine practice. This was to make sure that people with dementia can benefit from the therapy. Here you can read more about the GREAT iP project.
GREAT Cognitive Rehabilitation in care homes
As part of the GREAT iP study we were able to pilot using GREAT CR in care home setting.
Listen to Jackie Pool describing how the approach can be used to support people with dementia living in care homes