Bookmarks
ID-220: Improving care for people with dementia, frailty, and complex neurological conditions through data integration and predictive modelling
Safe People
Organisation name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Applicant name(s)
Professor Simone Di Giovanni
Funders/ Sponsors
Safe Projects
Project ID
ID-220-9
Lay summary
Understanding why some are more likely to experience more rapid decline allows us to provide PLWD and their loved ones with better predictions following a diagnosis and develop targeted interventions to prevent unnecessary hospitalisation
Public benefit statement
Dementia affects 944,000 people in the UK and over 50 million globally (Alzheimer’s Research UK, 2022). At any point, one in four hospital beds are thought to be occupied by people living with dementia (PLWD) (Lakey, 2009); an estimated 42% of individuals over 70 with unplanned admissions to acute services are PLWD (Sampson et al., 2009). Alzheimer’s Research UK estimates that 20% of hospital admissions in PLWD are for preventable conditions such as urinary tract infections, which are associated with increased all-cause mortality if not detected and treated early (Gharbi et al., 2019). In the absence of any current treatment to prevent or cure dementia, there is an urgent need for greater focus on the real‐world outcomes in PLWD.
Other approval committees
Project start date
19/05/2022
Project end date
20/11/2026
Latest approval date
21/05/2026
Safe Data
Dataset(s) name
Data sensitivity level
De-Personalised
Release/Access date
25/05/2026
Safe Setting
Access type
TRE