Profile
Biography
Kate has a background in community involvement and now works as a qualitative researcher at the Social Policy Research Unit. She has a particular interest in research involving people with dementia and their carers, and has led and worked on several studies in this area, including an evaluation of life story work with people with dementia and a study of specialist nursing services for carers of people with dementia. She is currently working on DETERMIND, an ambitious collaborative research project looking at the determinants of unequal quality of life for people with dementia and their carers.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons), Newcastle University
- MRes, University of York
Research
Projects
Current projects
1 April 2025 to 30 September 2027
This study will support and evaluate the use of Care Confidence within service pathways for older social care self-funders.
Recently completed research projects
1 January 2023 to 31 March 2024
Understanding the Role of 'Peer Tutors' in Post-Diagnostic Support for People with Dementia: A Realist Process Evaluation of the Good Life with Dementia Course: An Evaluation of the Good Life with Dementia Course to explore how and why peer led support might benefit people with Dementia.
January 2020 to December 2021
Investigating the preferences and decisions of older self-funders of community social care as they navigate the system.
January 2019 to December 2023
DETERMIND is designed to address critical, fundamental, and as yet unanswered questions about inequalities, outcomes and costs following diagnosis with dementia.
April 2017 to March 2019
This project will explore the relationship between the discharge approach employed by a particular NHS/local authority site and their delayed transfers of care (DTOC) rates. The project aims to answer two questions: 1) why delays are happening; and 2) how they might be reduced or prevented.
November 2015 to July 2017
This project is evaluating a specialist support service for the carers of people with dementia.
July 2012 to March 2015
Everybody has a life story. These are rich and varied and can be used to communicate who we are to the people around us. People with dementia sometimes need help to communicate their histories and identities, and 'life story work' might provide a way for them to do this more easily.
