Participants wanted for survey exploring stigma towards people with dementia living in extra care housing

John Bosco Tumuhairwe, a PhD Researcher from the Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester is conducting a study to explore stigma towards people with dementia living in extra care housing. 

If you are a manager/senior care staff member/dementia specialist in an extra care housing scheme or village and are interested in taking part in a survey for this study, please visit: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ucw/survey-exploring-stigma-towards-people-with-dementia-living-i-1

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