Evaluation of Together Dementia Support's Friendship & Activity Groups
(2022)
Report
Clark, A., Innes, A., Ford, M., & Smith, S. (2022). Evaluation of Together Dementia Support's Friendship & Activity Groups
Dementia friendly care : methods to improve stakeholder engagement and decision making (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Smith, S., & Bushell, S. (2021). Dementia friendly care : methods to improve stakeholder engagement and decision making. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 13, 183-197. https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S292939Dementia friendly (DF) is a term that has been increasingly used in the international literature to describe approaches that include and involve people living with dementia within their communities and wider society. How to support the involvement of... Read More about Dementia friendly care : methods to improve stakeholder engagement and decision making.
A feasibility study of the impact of a communication-skills course, ‘Empowered Conversations’, for care partners of people living with dementia (2021)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Innes, A., Smith, E., Williamson, T., & McEvoy, P. (2021). A feasibility study of the impact of a communication-skills course, ‘Empowered Conversations’, for care partners of people living with dementia. Dementia, 20(8), 2838-2850. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012211018929Objectives To examine the feasibility, acceptability and impact of an experiential course for family care partners of people living with dementia, Empowered Conversations (EC). This study aimed to assess the impact of participation in an EC course o... Read More about A feasibility study of the impact of a communication-skills course, ‘Empowered Conversations’, for care partners of people living with dementia.
A qualitative evaluation of the impact of a Good Life Club on people living with dementia and care partners (2021)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Innes, A., Smith, S., Wilson, J., Bushell, S., & Wyatt, M. (2021). A qualitative evaluation of the impact of a Good Life Club on people living with dementia and care partners. Dementia, 20(7), 2478-2493. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301221998897Background: Research suggests there is a lack of post diagnostic support to enable people living with dementia to fulfil social and active lives throughout their dementia journey. Gardening has been found to have many benefits for people living with... Read More about A qualitative evaluation of the impact of a Good Life Club on people living with dementia and care partners.
"You come because it’s an interesting place” : the impact of attending a heritage programme on the well-being of people living with dementia and their care partners (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Scholar, H., Haragalova, J., & Sharma, M. (2021). "You come because it’s an interesting place” : the impact of attending a heritage programme on the well-being of people living with dementia and their care partners. Dementia, 20(6), 2133-2151. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301220985380Promoting access to heritage settings has been acknowledged as a way to promote wellbeing in the UK for people living with dementia and their care partners. Yet there is a lack of information available internationally on the contribution of herita... Read More about "You come because it’s an interesting place” : the impact of attending a heritage programme on the well-being of people living with dementia and their care partners.
From repeating routes to planning novel routes : the impact of landmarks and ageing on route integration and cognitive mapping (2020)
Journal Article
Grzeschik, R., Hilton, C., Conroy-Dalton, R., Konovalova, I., Cotteril, E., Innes, A., & Wiener, J. (2021). From repeating routes to planning novel routes : the impact of landmarks and ageing on route integration and cognitive mapping. Psychological Research, 85(6), 2164-2176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01401-5The integration of intersecting routes is an important process for the formation of cognitive maps and thus successful navigation. Here we present a novel task to study route integration and the effects that landmark information and cognitive ageing... Read More about From repeating routes to planning novel routes : the impact of landmarks and ageing on route integration and cognitive mapping.
(Dis)orientation and design preferences within an unfamiliar care environment – A content analysis of older adults’ qualitative reports after route learning (2020)
Journal Article
O'Malley, M., Innes, A., & Wiener, J. (2022). (Dis)orientation and design preferences within an unfamiliar care environment – A content analysis of older adults’ qualitative reports after route learning. Environment and Behavior, 54(1), 116-142. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916520953148Ensuring that environments are designed to cater for those with decreasing orientation, perceptual and mobility skills, is an example of how environments are being changed to become more age and dementia friendly. However, environmental design should... Read More about (Dis)orientation and design preferences within an unfamiliar care environment – A content analysis of older adults’ qualitative reports after route learning.
Dementia : the basics (2020)
Book
Innes, A., Calvert, L., & Bowker, G. (2020). Dementia : the basics. London and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315709000Dementia: The Basics provides the reader with a clear and compassionate introduction to dementia and an accessible guide to dealing with different parts of the dementia journey, from pre-diagnosis and diagnosis to post-diagnostic support, increasing... Read More about Dementia : the basics.
Remote and rural dementia care : policy, research and practice (2020)
Book
Innes, A., Morgan, D., & Farmer, J. (2020). A. Innes, D. Morgan, & J. Farmer (Eds.), Remote and rural dementia care : policy, research and practice. Bristol: Policy PressAs the number of people affected by dementia continues to rise, this is the first in-depth examination of related services dedicated to the unique demands of remote and rural settings. Contributors from the UK, Australia, North America and Europe... Read More about Remote and rural dementia care : policy, research and practice.
Stronger together : learning from an interdisciplinary Dementia, Arts & Wellbeing Network (DA&WN) (2019)
Journal Article
Tischler, V., Schneider, J., Dening, T., Garabedian, C., Crawford, P., & Innes, A. (2019). Stronger together : learning from an interdisciplinary Dementia, Arts & Wellbeing Network (DA&WN). Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 11(3), 272-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2018.1534252Background: This paper reports on the learning from a 12-month interdisciplinary project (Dementia, Arts and Wellbeing Network– DA&WN) and its activities. These featured a series of four workshops on dance, visual art, theatre and music. The netw... Read More about Stronger together : learning from an interdisciplinary Dementia, Arts & Wellbeing Network (DA&WN).
Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia : a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics (2017)
Journal Article
Meiland, F., Innes, A., Mountain, G., Robinson, L., van der Roest, H., García-Casal, J., …Franco-Martin, M. (2017). Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia : a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 4(1), e1. https://doi.org/10.2196/rehab.6376Background: With the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging. Assistive and health technologies may be a valuable contribution in dementia care, but new cha... Read More about Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia : a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics.