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Communication empowerment framework : an integrative framework to support effective communication and interaction between carers and people living with dementia (2018)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Mansell, W., Williamson, T., Wray, A., & McEvoy, P. (2020). Communication empowerment framework : an integrative framework to support effective communication and interaction between carers and people living with dementia. Dementia, 19(6), 1739-1757. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218805329

Objectives: To demonstrate the utility of integrating three theoretical perspectives (Mentalization Theory, Perceptual Control Theory and the Communicative Impact model), which jointly illuminate the communication challenges and opportunities faced b... Read More about Communication empowerment framework : an integrative framework to support effective communication and interaction between carers and people living with dementia.

Design for ageing well (2018)
Book Chapter
McCann, J., & Williamson, T. (2018). Design for ageing well. In A. Walker (Ed.), The New Dynamics of Ageing : Volume 1 (193-218). Policy Press

Overview of a SMART clothes and wearable technology three year study funded by the ESRC New Dynamics of Ageing Programme.

Communication training interventions for family and professional carers of people living with dementia : a systematic review of effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis (2017)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Horne, M., McEvoy, P., & Williamson, T. (2017). Communication training interventions for family and professional carers of people living with dementia : a systematic review of effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis. Aging & mental health, 22(7), 863-880. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1399343

Objectives: To update previous reviews and provide a more detailed overview of the effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis of communication training-interventions for carers of people living with dementia. Method: We searched CINAHL... Read More about Communication training interventions for family and professional carers of people living with dementia : a systematic review of effectiveness, acceptability and conceptual basis.

Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish community : a critical reflection upon the accommodation of otherness (2017)
Journal Article
McEvoy, P., Williamson, T., Kada, R., Frazer, D., Dhliwayo, C., & Gask, L. (2017). Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish community : a critical reflection upon the accommodation of otherness. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), 557. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2509-4

The English National Health Service (NHS) has significantly extended the supply of evidence based psychological interventions in primary care for people experiencing common mental health problems. Yet despite the extra resources, the accessibility of... Read More about Improving access to mental health care in an Orthodox Jewish community : a critical reflection upon the accommodation of otherness.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment on an acute medical unit : a qualitative study of older people’s and informal carer’s perspectives of the care and treatment received (2016)
Journal Article
Darby, J., Williamson, T., Logan, P., & Gladman, J. (2017). Comprehensive geriatric assessment on an acute medical unit : a qualitative study of older people’s and informal carer’s perspectives of the care and treatment received. Clinical Rehabilitation, 31(1), 126-134. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215515624134

Objective: This qualitative study was imbedded in a randomised controlled trial evaluating the addition of geriatricians to usual care to enable the comprehensive geriatric assessment process with older patients on acute medical units. The qualitativ... Read More about Comprehensive geriatric assessment on an acute medical unit : a qualitative study of older people’s and informal carer’s perspectives of the care and treatment received.

Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: the case for measuring impact (2011)
Journal Article
Staniszewska, S., Adebajo, A., Barber, R., Beresford, P., Brady, L., Brett, J., …Williamson, T. (2011). Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: the case for measuring impact. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 35(6), 628-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01020.x

While patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care research has progressed successfully in the last decade, a range of difficulties with the evidence base exist, including poor understanding of the concept of impact, limited theoriz... Read More about Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: the case for measuring impact.

Impact of public involvement in research on quality of life and society: a case study of research career trajectories. (2010)
Journal Article
Williamson, T., Brogden, J., Jones, E., & Ryan, J. (2010). Impact of public involvement in research on quality of life and society: a case study of research career trajectories. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 34, 551-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00909.x

This case study illustrates the research career trajectory of two lay researchers after they joined a Big Lottery funded study to explore loneliness and isolation among older people living in a town in the north of England, UK. The two lay researcher... Read More about Impact of public involvement in research on quality of life and society: a case study of research career trajectories..

Older people's experiences of changed medication appearance : a survey (2009)
Report
Williamson, T., Greene, L., Prashar, A., & Schafheutle, E. (2009). Older people's experiences of changed medication appearance : a survey

This report details a survey of older people's experiences of changed medication appearance. The aims of the study were: • To develop a questionnaire in partnership with older people to survey older people’s views on fluctuating medication appeara... Read More about Older people's experiences of changed medication appearance : a survey.

Older people, regeneration and health and well-being. Case study of Salford Partnership Board for Older People (2008)
Report
People

This study sat within a national project aimed at demonstrating that expert knowledge housed within universities can make a positive impact in urban communities around four themes: Community Cohesion, Crime, Enterprise and Health & Wellbeing. It invo... Read More about Older people, regeneration and health and well-being. Case study of Salford Partnership Board for Older People.

Bibliometrics' is flawed (2008)
Journal Article
Williamson, T. (2008). Bibliometrics' is flawed. Nursing Times, 104(14), 12

Strengthening group decision making within shared governance: a case study (2008)
Journal Article
Williamson, T. (2008). Strengthening group decision making within shared governance: a case study. Groupwork, 18(2), 101-120. https://doi.org/10.1921/81127

Shared governance is an approach to empowering nurses and other health care workers to have authority for decisions concerning their practice. Commonly, visible definers of shared governance are groups of workers known as ‘councils’ whose membership... Read More about Strengthening group decision making within shared governance: a case study.

The 'saying hello' project report (2007)
Report
Johnson, M., Ryan, J., Shardlow, S., Walmsley, B., Williamson, T., Yates-Bolton, N., …Waywell, P. (2007). The 'saying hello' project report

The ‘Saying Hello’ study was a three and half year study which was completed in July 2007. This was a joint venture conducted with Age Concern Wigan Borough together with a group of older volunteer co-researchers. The study aims were to: •investigat... Read More about The 'saying hello' project report.

Missed opportunities: Module design to meet the learning and access needs of practitioners - A work based learning pilot in the rehabilitation setting (2007)
Report
Williamson, T., Owens, D., Rosen, L., & Rutherford, J. (2007). Missed opportunities: Module design to meet the learning and access needs of practitioners - A work based learning pilot in the rehabilitation setting

It is with great pleasure that this report is presented as a result of an exciting project that truly exemplified partnership working. For a Higher Education Institution to come together with an NHS organisation to negotiate and tailor an education i... Read More about Missed opportunities: Module design to meet the learning and access needs of practitioners - A work based learning pilot in the rehabilitation setting.

An evaluation of a nurse led unit: an action research study (2006)
Report
Williamson, T., Rawle, A., Bacon, E., Cooper, E., Davies, N., Eastwood, J., …Whitworth, J. (2006). An evaluation of a nurse led unit: an action research study

This study is an exemplar of working in a participatory way with members of the public and health and social care practitioners as co-researchers. A Nurse Consultant Older People working in a nurse-led bed, intermediate care facility in a community h... Read More about An evaluation of a nurse led unit: an action research study.

Work-based learning: a leadership development example from an action research study of shared governance implementation (2005)
Journal Article
Williamson, T. (2005). Work-based learning: a leadership development example from an action research study of shared governance implementation. Journal of Nursing Management, 13(6), 490-499. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2934.2005.00576.x

Aim: An empowering action research study was undertaken to evaluate and strengthen the implementation of shared governance. One aim was to identify factors that acted as aids or barriers to effective decision-making by clinical leaders. As a work-bas... Read More about Work-based learning: a leadership development example from an action research study of shared governance implementation.

Strengthening decision-making within shared governance : an action research study (2004)
Thesis
Williamson, T. Strengthening decision-making within shared governance : an action research study. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis presents an action research study concerned with strengthening decision-making within a councillor model of shared governance in a UK hospital trust. Shared governance seeks to flatten traditional hierarchies by empowering clinical staf... Read More about Strengthening decision-making within shared governance : an action research study.