Commentary on contemporary issues surrounding Dementia, from the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford
Helen Wells is a PhD student at the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies. She tells us about her doctoral research project and why learning about the experiences of women living…
Denise de Waal, a PhD student from the Bradford Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) funded by the Alzheimer’s Society, tells us about her recent visit to Radboud University Nijmegen. …
Clare Mason has recently been appointed the position of Experts by experience lead (patient and public involvement lead of people with dementia and their family) at the Centre for Applied…
Doctoral student Mohammed Akhlak Rauf highlights the importance of thinking about dementia from a cultural perspective and managing care related transitions. Cultural context Research shows that Black Minority Ethnic (BME –…
The UK care system is increasingly under pressure. Up to 80% of the older people living in care homes have some form of dementia. Whilst there are increasing numbers of…
Advanced DCM Course Participants with Julie Prowse, one of the trainers Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) is an established approach to embedding person-centred care for people living with dementia in…
In June 2017, Kathryn Lord was lucky enough to be supported by the University of Bradford to access an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Grant. With this grant, Kathryn visited esteemed colleagues…
Gail Mountain’s colleague and PhD student Becky FieId gave an oral presentation at this year’s Royal College of Occupational Therapy conference, which took place in Birmingham June 2017. Her presentation…
Catherine Powell and Denise De Waal tell us about their experience at British Society of Gerontology Conference 2017 “Do Not Go Gentle” – Gerontology and a Good Old Age…. We arrived at…
Gail Mountain is Professor of Applied Dementia Research within the School of Dementia Studies and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Gail is also an occupational…