The Empowered team are delighted to be in partnership with The University of Manchester to deliver a multi centred Randomised Control Trial in Greater Manchester. What does that mean? From May 2026 -Summer 2027, any family caregivers will need to sign up for the research trial before they can get on an Empowered Conversations course.
What does that mean? You’ll need to complete a questionnaire before the course, after the course and then a couple months later.
What does that mean? As well as directly benefiting from attending the course, you will be supporting research to show what difference the course makes which will hopefully support the team to get the course out to more people in the future to support more families affected by dementia.
This is the final piece of research for the communication course which has been delivered in Greater Manchester for over 10 years, delivering over 200 courses to 2000 families affected by dementia.
Initial information about this study
• We are looking for family carers, or care supporters, who are over 18 and caring for someone living with dementia.
• You are being invited to take part in a randomised control trial (RCT) that is investigating the effectiveness of the Empowered Conversations course.
• Empowered Conversations is a training to enhance relationships and communication between family carers of people living with dementia and can be offered in multiple languages.
• If you decide to take part and are eligible, you will be ‘randomised’ meaning you have a 66% chance of receiving the Empowered Conversations course straight after your appointment or a 33% chance of receiving your usual care and the chance to engage with the course 6-months after your first appointment.
To get involved – email – EmpoweredRCT@gmmh.nhs.uk or 07435 921 391.