Commentary on contemporary issues surrounding Dementia, from the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford
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…
On the 14th of May the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies organised a public engagement event at Kala Sangam Arts Centre in Bradford. More than 80 people attended the event…
With the purpose of letting you see the person behind the job, we came up with the idea of introducing you to our team members. This time it was Jules’…
The MSc Advanced Dementia Studies is a three-year, part-time, distance learning programme designed to equip existing health and social care practitioners with the knowledge and skills required to become leaders,…
Lindsey Collins joined the Centre in 2013 and since then she has been sharing her talent and passion for person-centred care. Get to know Lindsey a bit better. Name: Lindsey…
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…
Dementia Action Week is always an important time for raising awareness of dementia and promoting actions to support the well-being of people living with dementia. At the Centre for Applied…
The UK Government has pledged to be a ‘world leader in dementia care and research’, and expects that by 2020 UK will ‘the best place in the world to undertake…
Dementia friendly communities have been a key focus of the National Dementia Strategy (2009) and the Prime Minister’s challenge (2015) in order to reduce the stigma associated with dementia through…
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…