A 'must read' from @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social Communication skills for researchers to support people with dementia to be partners in research. Highly recommended 👇

Fantastic paper for all those interested in communication and #dementia

Communication strategies for delivering personalised dementia care and support: a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis

New review on communication strategies for delivering personalised dementia care. I loved supervising this - working with brilliant students and colleagues 🤩

academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

@profnathandavies.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social

Walked 21 miles in the Surrey Hills today. Training for @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social 26 miles trek. Link below if you'd like to give to a great cause and/or make me feel better about my aching legs.
www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-g...

Such a privilege once again, to witness people with dementia coming together for the first time feeling safe to pipe up without feeling stupid or that they'll be interrupted or corrected or struggle to get the right words out - a space to get a word in edgeways! @louiseheatley.bsky.social

Research Fellow: Dementia Education - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER UCL seeks a Research Fellow to lead qualitative research on personalised dementia care for people without informal carers, in a new NIHR-funded project.

University College London seeks a Research Fellow to lead qualitative research on personalised dementia care for people without informal carers, in a new NIHR-funded project. Closing date: 28th April

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

New link: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

New link www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

📢RESEARCH FELLOW in dementia - post available at UCL!

Come and join our friendly team working on a project to improve care and support planning for people with dementia who live alone.

Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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@alzheimerssoc.bsky.social

Another 10 mile trek training walk under the belt on a glorious day. I'm walking 26 miles of coastal path in June for Alzheimer's Society. Feel free to donate! Thank you to those who have kindly donated already 💙

www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-g...

Rory Barnes poetry for PPA awareness YouTube video by BetterConversations

3-weeks till PPA Awareness day 4 April!

Webinar link: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes...

Living with PPA can be difficult. Rory's beautiful poetry captures this

youtu.be/8K363W-XzWI?...

Book sale proceeds to Rare Dementia Support - available soon: shop.nationalbrainappeal.org?gad_source=1...

Donald Trump

How should you respond to a regime that has disregard for health and wellbeing, ignores the central role of inequalities in poor health outcomes, and believes science and scholarship to be enemies of progress?

@kamranabbasi.bsky.social in the latest Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

My latest post is now out.

I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.

This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!

christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Sarah's fundraiser for Alzheimer's Society Help Sarah Griffiths raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

Gearing up for another @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social 26 mile trek in June. Can't resist a coastal path hike. Please donate if you can. I have snazzy new boots 🤩🚶‍♀️ www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-g...

Albie at #Kingsand #Cawsand

Morning! View from my bedroom window at Chapelgarth writing retreat, Yorkshire www.chapelgarth.com

Seeking a Playlist for the End of the World

Just leaving this here in case it helps.

“It’s on random”

*cries*

open.spotify.com/playlist/5dC...

This is exactly the scene of my Teams call with @ejmspencer.bsky.social today! I had a lovely wave from toddler Spencer 👶

Letting it all out - in blog form

Imposter participants challenge research integrity in the digital age Researchers can address potential fraud among research participants with careful planning, ethical consideration plus a commitment to protect data integrity and participant dignity.

My colleague Arielle and I wrote this piece about imposter participants in the context of qualitative research. Imposter participants challenge research integrity in the digital age theconversation.com/imposter-par...

Albie on Bodmin Moor #Cornwall

Very pleased to see the symbols for the @talkingmats.bsky.social new Capacity resource start to take shape. Planning the advanced online training in the spring watch this space …..

I am aware that there has been papers and talk recently about “imposter” qualitative research participants. This is probably a controversial question but is anyone seeing the same issues in people applying to be patient and public partners in research? Any strategies to deal with this? #PPIE

Starmer hits back at Elon Musk: ‘Desperate for attention’ and ‘spreading lies’ - Politics.co.uk Keir Starmer appeared to accuse Elon Musk of “spreading lies” in a lengthy public statement following weeks in which the tech billionaire has criticised his government.  After delivering a speech on r...

Starmer hits back at Elon Musk: ‘Desperate for attention’ and ‘spreading lies’ 👏

www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/01...

Albie at Portwrinkle #cornwall

Into the garden

Something for 2025. Garden festival run by my nephew and his partner 🌷August music festival to be announced.

Year of books

Can Spotify's youth club plan actually help the future of music? The streaming giant has teamed up with Youth Music to support the next generation of artists.

BBC News - Spotify follows Stormzy with youth club fund - but will it help the future of music?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Albie says Happy Christmas to all the dogs out there🐕‍🦺🎄