Methods for finding out about the experience of people with dementia

When commissioning or producing dementia services, you need to recruit people affected by dementia to give their opinions. Find out who to involve and how to recruit them.

Find out people with dementia want you to know about running group activities. If you want to gather feedback about dementia services, they have tips and ideas.

Speaking directly to people who have dementia means you will be able to design services or products that meet their needs. Find out about what to consider when doing this.

Find out how to run co-production methods when working with people with dementia.

Important things to think about for all types of group discussion or activity you are holding as part of your research with people who have dementia.

Find out about using direct observation for measuring the experiences of people with dementia, as well as some more unobtrusive ways you can gather meaningful, personal insights.

Surveys can be a dementia-friendly way to measure experience. They can take place face-to-face, using video or online.