Missing people with dementia research study

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                "description": "Alzheimer Scotland is working in partnership with Police Scotland to roll out a pilot service called 'Return Discussions', which aims to reduce the number of missing persons with dementia . A Return Discussion (RD) is an open conversation with the affected family, of the circumstances surrounding a reported missing incident. We are looking for an academic partner to carry out a social impact evaluation on: -the Return Discussion pilot service in the Edinburgh, Fife and Lanarkshire Police division areas, and -to quantify the costs to Police and Emergency Services when a person with dementia goes missing in Scotland. RDs have been routinely embedded into Police Scotland practice for some time. However, following some pioneering work by Missing People and Barnardo's, a referral system for RD's has been introduced by Police Scotland for missing children. Following on the success of this practice, in 2022 we piloted a RD referral system for people living with dementia, where the local Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Advisor would: comfort and reassure the carer, debrief the missing occurrence, advise on how to mitigate other missing occurrences from happening and provide information and access to resources and support. All of this is underpinned by the principles contained within the National Missing Persons Framework for Scotland; Prevent, Respond, Support and Protect. We piloted the RD service in Edinburgh, where we had a substantial positive impact on both our professional practice and the lives of the families affected by the missing incidents. The first 6 months of our pilot were evaluated by the University of Edinburgh, while the overall 12 months of the pilot were evaluated internally. The evidence suggests that RDs allowed Alzheimer Scotland to connect families to local and national services which wouldn't have otherwise been accessed. The data demonstrates how this approach in Edinburgh helped reduce repeat missing incidents, with a decrease of 37.5% for the top 5 repeat missing people from the same time period the previous year. A major grant has now been secured from the RS Macdonald Charitable Trust to help expand this important work into new locality areas of Fife and Lanarkshire during 2024/25. Alongside the pilot expansion, funding will also enable commissioning of an independent evaluation study, to capture the cost of a missing person with dementia to the Emergency Services. We're looking for an academic partner to scope and carry out this research alongside Alzheimer Scotland and Police Scotland teams. The award of this notice will be granted to one academic organisation, based on their previous (and verifiable) track record of work in a similar project or on a similar subject. We will be looking to the appointed evaluators to: -Demonstrate their experience in undertaking quantitative and qualitative data analysis methodology in the field of dementia -Set out how they may approach capturing the cost to emergency services, of someone who goes missing with dementia -Highlight any considerations of particular importance in undertaking the evaluation -Set out a clear consent and data sharing pathway that shows experience of working with cross sector stakeholders -Present quarterly updates on data analysis to the project team and attend project meetings where required. -Provide examples of professional impact reports produced as a result of evaluation studies -Provide a final evaluation report that documents the complete evaluation throughout the pilot alongside overall evidence, learning and conclusions. Scoring criteria will take account of the following: -value for money -a basic knowledge and understanding of the Return Discussions work to date -knowledge and understanding of the dementia policy context in Scotland -extensive experience of working on projects similar to that being proposed, demonstrating actual and transferable skills and knowledge -clarity of the proposal -ability to deliver to the proposed timeframe and budget.",
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    "description": "Please read Both Return Discussions reports available on https://www.alzscot.org/purplealert Further Guidance -Alzheimer Scotland aims to achieve value for money and so proposals must provide a total firm price and a full cost breakdown including VAT where applicable. Please submit: -examples of your relevant work; -details of two previous clients who can supply references; -curriculum vitae for each person who will work on the project. -Tenderers should provide an organisational chart detailing the structure of their company and where this contract will fit into their overall delivery model. Contract Management The contract will encompass the period outlined above unless terminated earlier in accordance with the Agreement. The successful contractor shall agree and sign up to the Alzheimer Scotland's standard terms and conditions for service provision. Payment Alzheimer Scotland will agree payment terms with the successful contractor, which will include part payment during the work and payment of final amount subject to satisfactory completion of the work. Invoices will be paid within 30 days of date of receipt of invoice. Data Protection and Ethics It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that the proposed methodology does not contravene the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and that the work carried out is ethically sound. Contractors must also agree to abide by any appropriate professional guidelines. Schedule 2 Scoring Criteria Area for Evaluation/Maximum score, including weighting Value for money 15 Knowledge and understanding of the Return Discussions work to date 25 Knowledge and understanding of the dementia policy context in Scotland 15 Actual or transferable experience of similar projects 25 Clarity of proposal 10 Ability to deliver to proposed timeframe 10 Tenders will be evaluated against above requirements. Each proposal will be scored according to the number of points allocated (which provides appropriate weighting to each area for evaluation). No more than five applicants will be invited to interview. Further guidance will be given before interview. The evaluation panel will individually score the Tenderer's responses against the pre-determined scoring criteria. The evaluation panel will rank the Tenderer's proposals by the evaluation total score. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=748122. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:748122)",
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