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"We're focused on tackling inequalities because we know at the moment children face so much adversity." Professor Michelle McManus (Prof Michelle McManus) shares how our research is helping keep vulnerable people safe and prevent harm from domestic abuse. 🔗 bit.ly/4eS91Va.

Congratulations to Lauren Bridgstock Lauren Bridgstock on the success of her PhD in Sociology "Is ‘elderspeak’ always inappropriate? An empirical investigation of the use of elderspeak in dementia care in the acute hospital context." supervised by Alison Pilnick and Sarah Goldberg.

Please do contact me if you’re interested in this- fully funded, October start, unfortunately terms of funding stipulate UK Home students only

Come and do a fully funded PhD with me and brilliant colleagues Monique Huysamen and Sue Caton at MMU on Navigating the Mental Capacity Act to Support Sexual Decision-Making for People with Learning Disabilities Manchester Law School - Research Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met findaphd.com/phds/project/n…

“I want to get out … I've got a child at home”: Intersubjectivity, reality disjunctures and distress in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital sciencedirect.com/science/articl… The first of our VOICE2 study papers is out! Alison Pilnick Better Conversations Lab Lauren Bridgstock

So pleased that our first paper from our VOICE2 project on responding to distress when caring for people with dementia in the acute hospital is now out in the world for people to read MMU Health and Education R&I Research & Innovation at Manchester Met

Pleased to share this from The Conversation, based on work with my lovely NIHR VOICE 2 colleagues to improve how staff can respond to the distress of people living with dementia who are in hospital. Potential relevance for all carers ⁦Research & Innovation at Manchester Met⁩ url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_THTCAQDJcN3…

#Dementia Research based communication advice eg “For a patient who repeatedly asks to go home asking “What would you be doing if you were at home?” can identify a need or desire – such as having a cup of tea, a walk, or watching the TV – which could be met” here and now #EMCA

Today is the launch of my book in paperback! Looking critically at how ‘patient centred care’ has been conceptualised and implemented, it won the BSA/FSHI Book Prize in 2023. To celebrate, there’s 30% discount if you use code EME30 here: bookstore.emerald.com/reconsidering-… MMU Health and Education R&I

A really important, evidence-based, critique of some long-standing fashions in discussing health practitioner/patient relationships.

Some of our VOICE2 research summarised in The Conversation RCSLTResearch Jackie Kindell Dr Anna Volkmer Dr Louise Bramley RN (she/her) Dementia Researcher Rachel McMurray 💙 Rosey Meiring MHSOPNottsHC NottshcAHPs Research at NottsHC

Alison Pilnick Jonathan Potter MMU Health and Education R&I A must read

Two of the best ways to respond to people with #dementia who think they are in a different time or place theconversation.com/two-of-the-bes… by Alison Pilnick Manchester Metropolitan Uni via The Conversation #Alzheimers #caregiving

I had a million things to do on my day off but have abandoned them all in favour of listening to the gorgeous new album from The Loft . I am experiencing not one tiny bit of decisional regret. Envious of people yet to see them on their tour.

Two of the best ways to respond to people with dementia Professor Alison Pilnick explains how to respond to dementia patients who think they are in a different time or place mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…

🧠 Manchester Metropolitan Uni's Alison Pilnick explains strategies that can help #carers manage competing realities in people living with #dementia. 👇 Here's more: beingpatient.com/dementia-manag…

First cup of tea: the day’s best four words.

Brilliant to see Lauren’s important work getting a wider audience Better Conversations Lab The voice study team

#Dementia care: are terms of endearment like ‘sweetheart’ comforting or condescending? theconversation.com/dementia-care-… by Lauren Bridgstock Manchester Metropolitan Uni via The Conversation #Alzheimers #caregiving

I left my copy of Kimberley Brownlee's 'Being Sure of Each Other' with my notes on a Finnair flight to Helsinki from Manchester. It hasn't been handed in. Wherever it is in the world, I would love to be reunited with it!