Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

DACHA: Developing research resources And minimum data set for Care Homes’ Adoption and use is an ARC East of England supported study being led by the University of Hertfordshire
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Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

DACHA: Developing research resources And minimum data set for Care Homes’ Adoption and use is an ARC East of England supported study being led by the University of Hertfordshire

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Learn more about DACHA

Meet DACHA Team

Resources for researchers

Resources for care homes and public

DACHA consultation

Frequently asked questions: Care home pilot

DACHA AIMS

  • To establish what data need to be in place to support research, service development and uptake of innovation in care homes. ​
  • To synthesise existing evidence and data sources with care home generated resident data to deliver an agreed data set – minimum data set (MDS) – that is usable and authoritative for different user groups. ​

Work Packages

The four-year project started in November 2019. It is divided into five work packages.

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DACHA Blog

Read DACHA blogs to get the up-to-date information about the study.

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Research Output

You can read more about the up-to-date outputs of DACHA here.

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Research Partners

Funding Acknowledgement and Disclaimer

This study/project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Service Research and Delivery programme (HS&DR NIHR127234) and supported by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England.

The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

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