STrAtegies for RelaTives (START) is an eight session manualised intervention that supports the development of coping strategies for carers of people with dementia.
START Training – Now Booking January 2025!
We are delighted to announce further START training dates for clinically and non-clinically qualified staff to deliver START. EmailDoP.START@ucl.ac.uk for further information.
START is currently available in English, Hindi and Urdu (for UK use), English, Kannada and Tamil (for India use), Japanese and Spanish. START has also been adapted for carers of people with Parkinson's Disease Dementia
Our clinical trial showed that START reduced depression and anxiety for family carers of people with dementia when measured at eight months and two years after they had received the intervention.
Access to START resources is free. The START manuals can be downloaded from this website and are currently available in English, Japanese, Spanish and Urdu, and for carers of people with PDD & DLB.
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We welcome collaborations with academic and clinical centres interested in translating and validating the use of START in different languages, settings and disease groups.
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