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Name:
Dr Kellyn Lee
Job Title:
Research Fellow – Ageing and Dementia, Co- director Doctoral Training Centre – Dementia Care.
Place of work / study:
Area of research:
Ageing and Dementia
How is your work currently funded:
It is currently made up of several pots
Tell us a little about yourself:
I graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2011 with a Psychology honours degree. I have a Masters in Research Science which explored how informal carers of people with a dementia would like information about dementia. I have worked on various dementia related research projects, taught psychology undergraduates at the University of Portsmouth and postgraduates on MSc Complex care in Older Persons, University of Southampton. I moved to the University of Southampton in 2015 to take up studies as a PhD student at the Doctoral Training Centre – Dementia Care. My PhD explored object-person relations by examining how decisions were made about personal possessions and by whom; how functional objects were used in everyday life and by whom; and whether a material lens was useful in locating social citizenship in an institutional setting. I have been awarded funding to collaborate with a care organisation to develop my conceptual framework ‘Material Citizenship’ into practice.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
I struggle with left and right and although everyone knows this people still follow me, seemingly I walk with confidence!
Why did you choose to work in dementia?
I enjoy working with older people. I want to reduce the stigma of dementia and ageism. I want to revolutionise care home culture.
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