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Optimising care and the patient experience for people livingwith dementia: the perceptions of radiography practitioners (2023)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Spacey, A., & Innes, A. (2023). Optimising care and the patient experience for people livingwith dementia: the perceptions of radiography practitioners. Radiography, 29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.01.016

Introduction: Despite abundant literature on the diagnosis of dementia, limited research has explored the lived experiences by radiography practitioners when delivering care to people living with dementia (PLWD). This study explored the perceptions... Read More about Optimising care and the patient experience for people livingwith dementia: the perceptions of radiography practitioners.

‘I want every minute to be worthwhile now’: The views and experiences of people living with dementia and their care partners about returning to in-person group meetings after COVID-19 lockdown restrictions (2022)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., Bushell, S., & Innes, A. (2022). ‘I want every minute to be worthwhile now’: The views and experiences of people living with dementia and their care partners about returning to in-person group meetings after COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Dementia, 21(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012221118768

COVID-19 and the resulting limitations on freedom of movement has been difficult for many, including individuals living with dementia and those who provide support and care. In the summer of 2021, England’s national lockdown measures eased, and regul... Read More about ‘I want every minute to be worthwhile now’: The views and experiences of people living with dementia and their care partners about returning to in-person group meetings after COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

Providing care to people living with dementia: the views of diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers (2022)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Spacey, A., & Innes, A. (2022). Providing care to people living with dementia: the views of diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers. Synergy news, 20-22

In this article, we outline a project undertaken following a successful application for a College of Radiographers Industry Partnership Scheme (CoRIPS) research grant in May 2021. The aim of our research was to explore the views of radiography pra... Read More about Providing care to people living with dementia: the views of diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers.

Communication skills training for family caregivers of people living with dementia : the experiences of peer facilitators and course attendees (2022)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Morris, L., Wyatt, M., & McEvoy, P. (2022). Communication skills training for family caregivers of people living with dementia : the experiences of peer facilitators and course attendees. Educational Gerontology, 48(3), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2021.2018961

Family caregivers of people with dementia can find the impairments in their relative’s ability to communicate an enormous challenge. Peer facilitated educational interventions are a potentially efficient and effective way to address these complex com... Read More about Communication skills training for family caregivers of people living with dementia : the experiences of peer facilitators and course attendees.

Self-reported benefits for care partners of attending a person-centred dementia cafe (2021)
Journal Article
Chesterton, L., Innes, A., Smith, S., & Morris, L. (2021). Self-reported benefits for care partners of attending a person-centred dementia cafe. International Journal of Care and Caring, 6(4), 586-603. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221x16357690075748

Informal care partners of individuals with dementia are often referred to as the ‘invisible patient’, whose needs are under-represented in research. The physical, mental and emotional responsibilities of caring for someone with dementia can be both r... Read More about Self-reported benefits for care partners of attending a person-centred dementia cafe.

Perspectives of people living with dementia and their care partners about the impact on social health when participating in a co‐designed Dementia café (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Chesterton, L., Morris, L., Smith, S., & Bushell, S. (2021). Perspectives of people living with dementia and their care partners about the impact on social health when participating in a co‐designed Dementia café. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13545

Those diagnosed with dementia and those who provide care and support often feel socially isolated with limited opportunities for social engagement, increasing the potential for loneliness and further isolation that is detrimental to social health.... Read More about Perspectives of people living with dementia and their care partners about the impact on social health when participating in a co‐designed Dementia café.

“It's just so important that people's voices are heard” : the dementia associate panel (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Smith, S., Wyatt, M., & Bushell, S. (2021). “It's just so important that people's voices are heard” : the dementia associate panel. Journal of Aging Studies, 59, 100958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100958

Including the views and experiences of people living with dementia in research and wider decision making is vital. The impact for the subjective wellbeing of its members of an approach known as The Dementia Associate Panel (DAP) is explored. The pane... Read More about “It's just so important that people's voices are heard” : the dementia associate panel.

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.S292939

Dementia 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 scoping review of care trajectories across multiple settings for persons with dementia (2021)
Journal Article
Kosteniuk, J., Morgan, D., Elliot, V., Froehlich Chow, A., Bayly, M., Watson, E., …Innes, A. (2021). A scoping review of care trajectories across multiple settings for persons with dementia. Canadian Journal on Aging / Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980821000167

Multiple transitions across care settings can be disruptive for older adults with dementia and their care partners, and can lead to fragmented care with adverse outcomes. This scoping review was conducted to identify and classify care trajectories ac... Read More about A scoping review of care trajectories across multiple settings for persons with dementia.

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/10.1177/14713012211018929

Objectives 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.

Music making in the community with people living with dementia and care partners – ‘I’m leaving feeling on top of the world’ (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Innes, A., & Bushell, S. (2022). Music making in the community with people living with dementia and care partners – ‘I’m leaving feeling on top of the world’. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(1), 114-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13378

Evidence exists relating to music-based initiatives and positive health outcomes for people living with dementia who can access them. Yet, knowledge about the impact of ‘music-making’ on the wellbeing of community dwelling people with dementia is l... Read More about Music making in the community with people living with dementia and care partners – ‘I’m leaving feeling on top of the world’.

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/10.1177/1471301221998897

Background: 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.

Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Innes, A., & Bushell, S. (2021). Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2, 100032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2021.100032

Background: Music-based initiatives cover a wide range of activity, including music therapy in either an individual or group capacity, choirs, orchestral performances, and apps on digital technology enabling people to engage with individual playlis... Read More about Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their 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)
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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/10.1177/1471301220985380

Promoting 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/s00426-020-01401-5

The 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/10.1177/0013916520953148

Ensuring 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 care in acute hospitals – a qualitative study on nurse managers’ perceived challenges and solutions (2019)
Journal Article
Scerri, A., Innes, A., & Scerri, C. (2020). Dementia care in acute hospitals – a qualitative study on nurse managers’ perceived challenges and solutions. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(2), 399-406. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12941

Aim - The aim of this study was to explore the perceived challenges of nurse managers when caring for patients with dementia in acute hospitals and identify possible solutions to address these challenges. Background - Although dementia care in ac... Read More about Dementia care in acute hospitals – a qualitative study on nurse managers’ perceived challenges and solutions.

‘Our voice started off as a whisper and now it is a great big roar’ : The Salford Dementia Associate Panel as a model of involvement in research activities (2019)
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Innes, A., Bowker, R., Calvert, L., Allcroft, F., Bowker, G., Foy, P., …Clark, A. (2020). ‘Our voice started off as a whisper and now it is a great big roar’ : The Salford Dementia Associate Panel as a model of involvement in research activities. Dementia, 19(1), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301219874225

This paper presents the work of the ‘Salford Dementia Associate Panel’, based at the Salford Institute for Dementia, Salford University (UK). We discuss the roles of the Dementia Associates, in particular around the areas of engagement and research.... Read More about ‘Our voice started off as a whisper and now it is a great big roar’ : The Salford Dementia Associate Panel as a model of involvement in research activities.

Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion (2019)
Journal Article
Hicks, B., Innes, A., & Nyman, S. (2021). Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion. Dementia, 20(2), 444-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301219887586

Current international dementia care policies focus on creating ‘dementia-friendly’ communities that aim to support the social inclusion of people with dementia. Although it is known that the geo-socio-cultural rural environment can impact on the expe... Read More about Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion.

Person-centered dementia care in acute hospital wards — the influence of staff knowledge and attitudes (2019)
Journal Article
Scerri, A., Innes, A., & Scerri, C. (2020). Person-centered dementia care in acute hospital wards — the influence of staff knowledge and attitudes. Geriatric Nursing, 41(3), 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.09.001

Person-centered dementia care practices in acute hospital wards are suboptimal and not commonly measured. Although previous research has indicated that the work environment of staff influences their perceptions of person-centeredness, few studies hav... Read More about Person-centered dementia care in acute hospital wards — the influence of staff knowledge and attitudes.