Carers Week: Getting carers connected with the community
This week marked Carers week in the UK. Carers week aims to raise awareness of people who provide unpaid care and support for a relative. It provides a platform for…
Posts Categorized: Research
Whose quality of life is it?
Dr Yu-Tzu Wu, a research associate at King’s College London, and Dr Catherine Quinn, a lecturer at the Centre of Applied Dementia Studies, and colleagues from the IDEAL programme have…
Yorkshire Slow Learning – A sabbatical at the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies
So, what did you learn? I should be prepared for the most obvious question after a 2-month sabbatical at the world famous Centre for Applied Dementia Studies (CADS), but I…
Ethnography of dementia-friendly involvement : an ongoing research
The Centre for Applied Dementia Studies was very pleased to have Simon Lemaire from The Universite de Namur (Belgium) visiting us for three months. Simon tells us about his research…
What are the facilitators and barriers to effectively identify and manage hearing and vision loss in care homes?
As part of her PhD, Wendy Andrusjak has been trying to understand how hearing and vision loss are identified and managed in care homes. A recent scoping review on the…
What difference does relationship quality make to people with dementia and carers?
Dr Isla Rippon from Brunel University London and Dr Catherine Quinn from the University of Bradford have been researching the influence of relationship quality on the well-being of people living…
Carers’ experience of caring can influence the well-being of people with dementia
In time for Dementia Action Week, a new paper by Dr Catherine Quinn has just been published online in Aging and Mental Health https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1602590 This work looks at the influence…
Both positive and negative experiences are important for carers’ well-being
As part of the IDEAL study (Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life)1, Dr Catherine Quinn has been looking at the influence of both positive and negative experiences…
Trine’s visit to the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies
The Centre for Applied Dementia Studies was very pleased to have Trine Holt Clemmensen from The Health Science Research Centre at University College Lillebælt Denmark, visiting us from 11th to…
Positive experiences in providing care are associated with better carer well-being
Dr Catherine Quinn, a lecturer at the Centre of Applied Dementia Research, has been looking at the literature on the positive experiences of carers providing care to people living with…