King's College London

Several members of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King's presented their research at the Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich on 5-7 July.

Monica Leverton, Christina Newton, Tiffeny James, Kritika Samsi: Developing a model of Dementia Champions in homecare: involving people affected by dementia in co-production using science illustration. Parallel Oral Session 3: Hearing Older peoples Voices, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, 6 July, 2023. Project page.

Kritika Samsi, Monica Leverton, Jill Manthorpe: What do people living with dementia and family carers want to know about social care? Co-designing an online information guide. Parallel Oral Session 3: Hearing Older peoples Voices, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, 6 July, 2023.

Olivia Luijnenburg: Supporting care home residents living with dementia with their spiritual needs. Parallel Oral Session 4: Cultural Ageing, 16:00-17:30 Thursday, 6 July, 2023.

Katharine Orellana, Christina Newton, Kritika Samsi: Reflections on co-designing resources for day centres and their stakeholders. Parallel Oral Session 4: Cultural Ageing, 16:00-17:30 Thursday, 6 July, 2023.

Nicole Steils, Jill Manthorpe, Stephen Martineau, Jennifer Owen, John Woolham: Safeguarding and social care responses to self-neglect and/or hoarding behaviour among older people: findings from a recent study. Parallel Oral Session 4: Ageing in the Community, 16:00-17:30 Thursday, 6 July, 2023. Project page.

Caroline Green: 'Stressed, relieved, forever traumatised': The impact of notices to quit on families in care homes. Parallel Oral Session 5: Empowering Older People Moving Towards End-of-life, 09:00-10:30 Friday, 7 July, 2023. Associated report.

Tiffeny James: How language and location can impact participation in well-being activities and care decisions by people affected by dementia. Parallel Oral Session 6: Ageing in the Community, 13:00-14:30 Friday, 7 July, 2023

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