SOVA
Details
- Funder: This research project is partly funded by the Kamprad Family Foundation.
About SOVA
SOVA is a research project within the CIRCLE - Complex Intervention Research in Health and Care research group which hosts the strategic research programme U-CARE.
SOVA seeks to adapt and test the intervention DREAMS-START in Sweden, with the overall goal of reducing sleep problems for people living with dementia at home and their informal carers.
The ‘DREAMS-START’ intervention has previously been shown to be effective in the United Kingdom and is now being adapted for the Swedish context.
Intervention
DREAMS-START (Dementia RElAted Manual for Sleep: STrAtegies for RelaTives) includes and combines psychoeducation with support for establishing routines and planning daily activities, as well as practical tools related to light exposure, relaxation strategies, and carer support.
Project members
Principal investigator: Associate senior lecturer, Docent Sophie Nadia Gaber
Project members:
- An interdisciplinary team of researchers.
- A patient advisory group (PAG) including experts with lived experience of dementia and being an informal carer of a person living with dementia.
- Representatives from health and social care and community-based organisations.
- A national and international scientific advisory board.