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Professor Claudia Cooper and Professor Nathan Davies
Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Dementia Care led by Professor Claudia Cooper and Professor Nathan Davies at Queen Mary’s University London.
The Centre will focus on truly integrated care where primary care service like GPs, secondary care services including hospital consultants, and health and social care services work together, so people with dementia receive care that is holistic, easy to navigate and supportive. Unfortunately, this is rarely experienced by people with dementia and their families today.
The centre will tackle 3 key research questions:
How can we deliver truly joined up care that:
- supports independence, autonomy, and choice
- supports people living with dementia and other conditions safely and well
- ensures high quality dementia care reaches people living with dementia in under-served populations; through to end-of-life
Students at the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care will be guided and supported by supervisors working across five leading universities, NHS and social care professionals, and work with policy makers and people with personal experience of dementia. They will learn from experts in different research methods to develop projects that will improve care and support.
The centre will be jointly led by experts in the field, Professor Claudia Cooper and Professor Nathan Davies, who said:
“Our unique Doctoral Training Centre will be a cornerstone in shaping the future of dementia care research. We are committed to nurturing the next generation of dementia care researchers, who will pioneer innovative approaches to care delivery and service integration. This will not only address some of the long-standing research questions we have been aspiring to answer but also uncover new areas of enquiry.
Our world-leading DTC brings together five leading universities – Queen Mary University of London, Leeds Beckett University, University of Plymouth, University College London and London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE). Through this partnership we will stimulate fresh new collaborations, forge new research networks, and strengthen the field of dementia care research meaning tangible real-world benefits for all those living with dementia.”
For news, oppertunities and updates from the DTC head to our Alzheimer’s Society DTC Summary Page.
For more information on the projects, students and centre progress visit: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/research/our-research/alzheimers-society-doctoral-training-centres/integrated-care
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