Dr Catherine Quinn is Associate Professor at the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford. She leads a module on post-diagnostic support and living well with dementia on the MSc in Advanced Dementia Studies. She is co-Principal Investigator (with Jan Oyebode) on the NIHR-funded DYNAMIC study. Catherine is the University of Bradford’s Healthy Ageing Theme Lead for the Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research. She is affiliated with the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration University of Exeter (DeNPRU Exeter) and a member of the Older People’s theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC), Yorkshire & Humber.
Dr Catherine Quinn
Associate Professor
Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford
In this presentation we will talk about the DYNAMIC study which aimed to identify ways to improve social care provision for people with young-onset dementia and their supporters. We explored current social care practice by gathering accounts from people with young onset dementia and supporters and surveying social care staff. We presented these findings to stakeholders, via a consultation workshop, to discuss priority areas for improvement. The two areas identified were raising awareness in social care staff of young-onset dementia and helping people with young-onset dementia and their supporters to manage the financial impact. Our next steps were to conduct a review of existing evidence and interview social care practitioners to gather examples of good practice in these two areas. We used this information to co-produce resources on raising awareness of social care staff of young onset dementia and supporting people to manage the financial impact of young-onset dementia.
