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Barcelona ya es una de las ciudades líderes en Europa en investigación sobre el Alzheimer: siete de los diez centros más productivos de España en este campo están allí. ¿Qué ocurre cuando estas instituciones deciden trabajar juntas en lugar de por separado?

En el 36.º Congreso de Alzheimer Europe en Dublín (27–29 de octubre de 2026), la Dra. Carla Obradors-Tarragó, de la Fundación Pasqual Maragall, nos presentó su póster (POS55-52), «Building a collaborative ecosystem to support early-career researchers and translate dementia research into practice: the HUB Alzheimer Barcelona model».

Impulsado en 2024 por la Fundación Pasqual Maragall con el apoyo del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, el HUB Alzheimer Barcelona conecta siete instituciones de investigación y clínicas de referencia de la ciudad. Entre sus primeras actividades destacan becas de doctorado compartidas entre instituciones, un ciclo de sesiones científicas itinerantes, un simposio para investigadores e investigadoras en etapas iniciales, formación en comunicación científica y un curso acreditado sobre Alzheimer para medicina de atención primaria.

El congreso reunió a personas investigadoras, profesionales clínicos, responsables políticos y personas afectadas por la demencia de toda Europa, bajo el lema «Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership».

Presenta: Dra. Carla Obradors-Tarragó, Fundación Pasqual Maragall
Autores: Carla Obradors-Tarragó, Josep Maria Argimon, Carolina Minguillón y HUB Alzheimer Barcelona
Más información: https://www.hubalzheimerbcn.org

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Barcelona is already one of Europe's leading cities for Alzheimer's research. Seven of Spain's ten most productive Alzheimer's research centres are based there. So what happens when those institutions decide to work together rather than separately?

At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), Dr Carla Obradors-Tarragó from the Pasqual Maragall Foundation talked us through her poster (POS55-52), "Building a collaborative ecosystem to support early-career researchers and translate dementia research into practice: the HUB Alzheimer Barcelona model".

Launched in 2024 by the Pasqual Maragall Foundation with support from Barcelona City Council, the HUB Alzheimer Barcelona links seven leading research and clinical institutions across the city. Its first activities include jointly funded PhD fellowships, a series of scientific sessions that rotate between institutions, an early-career researchers' symposium, training in science communication, and an accredited Alzheimer's course for primary care doctors.

The conference brought together researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people affected by dementia from across Europe, under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Dr Carla Obradors-Tarragó, Pasqual Maragall Foundation
Authors: Carla Obradors-Tarragó, Josep Maria Argimon, Carolina Minguillón and HUB Alzheimer Barcelona
Find out more: https://www.hubalzheimerbcn.org

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Young-onset dementia is a hidden population. In England, 95% of local authorities don't record it as a separate category, and only around 10% report having any specialist local support. People are often diagnosed and then left without a map.

Will Dean knows this from experience. His mum, Ronnie, lives with young-onset Alzheimer's disease. He's now a dementia researcher with the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin and Bangor University. At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), he talked us through his poster, "COUNTED. The People's YOD Registry – Innovation in service access across the UK".

COUNTED will bring together two things that, as far as the team knows, no UK online service currently combines: real stories from people living with young-onset dementia and a directory of local services. The plan is one story from every UK county, each linked directly to the support that person found helpful nearby. It will be co-produced with people with lived experience, checked regularly to keep it up to date, and evaluated to see whether it helps people seek support and get to services.

COUNTED is in development, and Will is looking for funders, collaborators and partners. He'd also like to hear from people affected by young-onset dementia, support groups and service providers who'd like to be involved. Email deanw@tcd.ie with the subject "COUNTED".

The conference brought together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia, under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Will Dean, Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, and Bangor University

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Around a third of people living with dementia in the UK don't have a diagnosis. Many of them spend time in hospital, so could hospitals be doing more to spot it?

At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), Esther Loseto-Gerritzen talked us through her poster (POS53-04), "In-hospital screening and diagnosis of dementia: a scoping review". Esther works with the University of Nottingham and Queen Mary University of London, as part of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration.

The review looked at 19 studies from seven countries. It covers which screening tools work in busy hospital settings, who should carry out screening, and why dementia and delirium need to be considered together. It also explains why a hospital stay isn't always the right moment for a definitive diagnosis, and what gets in the way of fair, consistent screening. The work is part of a wider policy review on closing the dementia diagnosis gap in England's acute hospitals.

The conference brought together researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people affected by dementia, under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Esther Loseto-Gerritzen, University of Nottingham and Queen Mary University of London
Authors: E.V. Loseto-Gerritzen, A. Feast, O. Kelsey, Y. Lau, S. Banerjee, C. Cooper and E.L. Sampson
Funded by: NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration (DeNPRU-QM)

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A story told by someone living with dementia might come out in fragments, repeat itself or jump around. It's still a story, and it still carries meaning.

Rianna Patterson from the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham has brought together the research on how people with dementia and their carers use personal narratives. Recorded among the posters at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), she talks us through "Lived Experience Narratives in Dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of textual findings from people living with dementia and carers".

The review draws on 17 studies and identifies six themes. People with dementia keep making meaning through their stories. Stories help hold on to identity. Storytelling is shared with others. Photos, music and other media can help. Narratives support emotional processing. And inclusive design is essential. The work feeds into the wider LEND (Lived Experience Narratives in Dementia) programme.

The conference brought together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia, under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Rianna Patterson, University of Nottingham
Authors: Rianna Patterson, Linda O'Raw, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Orii McDermott, Abigail Moon and Martin Orrell

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"You are powerless. You see a need that the person doesn't want… But you can't act over someone's head."

That's how one home care manager in Sweden described supporting people with dementia who live alone. About a third of people with dementia live alone in ordinary housing. They often rely more on social services, have less consistent support from family, and face a higher risk of isolation and self-neglect.

In this short from the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), Jimmy Lindberg, a PhD student in Social Work at Linköping University, presents "Supporting people with dementia living alone – Home care providers' experiences of addressing needs". The study draws on interviews with 33 home care managers, coordinators and staff. It looks at how they balance the risks they see against a person's right to decide for themselves, and the creative ways they find to help.

Researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia came together at the conference under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter and author: Jimmy Lindberg, PhD student in Social Work, Linköping University, Sweden

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Too often, people with lived experience are asked for their opinion and nothing more. The LEND programme does it differently.

Recorded at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), this short features Briony Harden from the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, presenting her poster (POS43-41), "Beyond Tokenism to Co-producing Impact: Lived Experience Advisory Panels as epistemic engines in the development of narrative-based dementia interventions".

LEND (Lived Experience Narratives in Dementia) is building a digital intervention that shares real stories of living with dementia. Its Lived Experience Advisory Panel helps shape the design directly, rather than just giving advice. Drawing on eight panel meetings, the poster sets out what panel members say these stories need to do, how they could cause harm, and how to make them accessible and representative.

The conference gathered researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia around the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Briony Harden, University of Nottingham

Authors: Briony Harden, Linda O'Raw, Erin Grace Gardner, Swati Madhavji, Daithi Clayton, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Orii McDermott, Tom Lodge, Praminda Caleb-Solly and Martin Orrell (University of Nottingham; LEND Lived Experience Advisory Panel; NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre)

Funded by: NIHR

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A book co-written by people living with dementia that's been downloaded nearly 30,000 times. A podcast about research in care homes. A guide to taking part in clinical trials, written by people with Parkinson's. Patient and public involvement can produce a lot when it's done well.

At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), we met Rosie Ashworth in the poster hall. She talked us through "Patient and Public Involvement in NRS Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network and ENRICH Scotland".

Partners in Research and RICH Voices are the public involvement groups for the NHS Research Scotland Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network (NDN) and ENRICH Scotland. They bring together people living with or supporting someone with dementia or Parkinson's, and people living in or supporting someone in a care home. Members meet regularly online, hear directly from researchers, co-produce resources and carry out their own co-research.

Researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people with lived experience came to Dublin for the conference, under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Want to get involved or share your research with the groups? Email TAY.ppipartners@nhs.scot

Presenter: Rosie Ashworth
Groups: Partners in Research (NRS Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network) and RICH Voices (ENRICH Scotland)

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Care workers are willing, motivated and doing some of the most important jobs in dementia care. But many of them aren't getting the training they need.

Becky Robinson from Alzheimer's Society presented the evidence in the poster hall at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), and she talks us through it here. Her poster (POS41-12), "The Training Gap: A Hidden Injustice in Dementia Care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and How to Fix It", brings together an audit of care providers, case studies of good practice and surveys of direct care staff across three nations.

The findings show that dementia training is often short, delivered mainly through e-learning and focused on basic awareness. Up to half of direct care staff started caring for people with dementia without any dementia-specific training at induction. Alzheimer's Society is now calling for a legal requirement for best-practice dementia training for direct care staff.

Each year, Alzheimer Europe's conference brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, charities and people affected by dementia. The 2026 theme was "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Becky Robinson, Alzheimer's Society
Authors: Becky Robinson, Dr Sarah Smith, Professor Claire Surr, IFF Research, Hayley Hogan, Ashton Fitzell and Emily Hindle (Alzheimer's Society; Leeds Beckett University Centre for Dementia Research; IFF Research)

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Care homes increasingly rely on internationally recruited staff and care workers from minority ethnic groups. Some of them face racial abuse from the people they care for. When dementia affects someone's inhibitions and behaviour, knowing how to respond, and how to support staff, becomes even more complicated.

Dr Kritika Samsi from King's College London is leading a new NIHR-funded study to tackle this. At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), she talked us through her poster (POS41-17), "RACE-D: Racial Abuse of Care workers from minority Ethnic groups – in Dementia".

Running from October 2026 to September 2029, RACE-D will find out what types of racial abuse care home staff encounter, how they cope, and what support exists. The team will then co-design practical resources with staff, managers and organisations and test them in real care homes.

Alzheimer Europe's conference is where researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia meet each year. This year's theme was "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

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Presenter: Dr Kritika Samsi, King's College London
Project team: Dr Kritika Samsi (PI), Dr Katharine Orellana, Dr Olivia Luijnenburg, Dr Monica Leverton, Professor Ann-Marie Towers, Professor Karen Spilsbury, Dr Carol Stewart, Christina Newton and Rekha Elaswarapu (King's College London; University of Leeds; Chinara Enterprises Ltd)
Funded by: NIHR (NIHR512967)

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Getting dressed, eating, washing. As dementia progresses, everyday activities get harder, and both paid and family carers take on more. So how well does training prepare them to help?

That's the question at the heart of a poster we filmed at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026). PhD researcher Praise-God Adedokun from the University of Surrey talks us through "Training Caregivers to Support Activities of Daily Living in Dementia Care: A Scoping Review".

The review mapped 12 studies of training programmes for formal and informal carers. It looked at how the programmes were designed and delivered, what changed as a result, and what helped or got in the way. It's the first step in Praise-God's PhD, which will go on to evaluate the Positive Approach to Care (PAC) for dementia care.

Every year, Alzheimer Europe's conference brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia. In 2026 the theme was "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Praise-God Adedokun, University of Surrey
Authors: Praise-God Adedokun, Professor Victoria Tischler, Dr Ramin Nilforooshan and Dr Federica D'Andrea (University of Surrey; Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; University of West London)

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Freshly cut grass, a parent's perfume, bread baking in a kitchen you haven't stood in for 50 years. Smell can bring back a memory faster and more vividly than almost anything else.

Marine Garcia, a researcher at the Laboratory of Cognitive Functioning and Dysfunctioning (DysCo), Université Paris Nanterre, wants to put that to work for people living with Alzheimer's disease. We caught up with her in the poster hall at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026) to hear about her poster (POS15-42), "An olfactory-based reminiscence intervention to enhance memory and well-being in Alzheimer's disease: The O-REMIND Project".

O-REMIND is developing and testing a reminiscence programme that uses familiar smells. It's aimed at people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease or related conditions. The team are building it with stakeholders through a realist review, co-design and case studies, before moving on to a feasibility study and pilot.

The conference brought together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia from across Europe under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Marine Garcia, Université Paris Nanterre
Authors: Marine Garcia, Federica D'Andrea, Victoria Tischler, Laurence Conty and Desirée Lopis (Université Paris Nanterre; Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory, University of West London; University of Surrey)

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Around one in three adults in the UK lives an hour or more away from their parents. So what happens when a parent develops dementia and the person caring for them lives miles away?

Dr Aysegul Humeyra Kafadar from the University of Greenwich has been mapping the support available to distance carers in England. Filmed in the poster hall at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), she talks us through her poster (POS13-09), "Understanding distance dementia care in England: Mapping policy, practice, and lived experience: Situational analysis".

The team reviewed policy and guidance from all 152 local authorities in England and interviewed professionals from health, social care and charities. They found a real gap between policy and practice, and that distance carers struggle to find information before they even reach services.

Alzheimer Europe's annual conference brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people affected by dementia. This year's theme was "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Dr Aysegul Humeyra Kafadar, University of Greenwich
Authors: A.H. Kafadar, T. James, A. Comas-Herrera, C. White, F. Knight, M. Leverton, P. Joddrell, J. Brar-Orgil and A. Clark (University of Greenwich; London School of Economics; University of Hull; King's College London; Dementia UK; independent researcher)
Funded by: NIHR Research Programme for Social Care (NIHR207653)

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If people can't easily read or follow a study's information sheet, how can they decide whether to take part?

Abigail Moon, a PhD researcher at the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (GIAM), University of West London, took on that question with people living with dementia. In this short from the poster hall at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), she talks us through her poster (POS22-22), "Co-producing an accessible participant information video with people living with dementia in a PPI research network: Processes and lessons learnt".

Members of a PPI group told the team that a standard written information sheet wasn't accessible for everyone. Working with them step by step, the team moved from paper to audio and then to a short video for people living with young onset dementia. Along the way they rethought some standard filmmaking habits so the video would be clearer and easier to follow.

The conference brought together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people with lived experience under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Presenter: Abigail Moon, Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory, University of West London
Authors: Abigail Moon, Laura Cole, Katie Featherstone and Juanita Hoe
Funded by: PhD studentship funded by the NIHR LEND programme grant (NIHR206255)

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Who better to teach the next generation of dementia leaders than people living with dementia and the family carers who support them?

Recorded in the poster hall at the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), where researchers, practitioners, policymakers and people with lived experience gathered under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership".

Dr Laura Cole, Course Lead for Dementia Studies at the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (GIAM), University of West London, talks us through her poster (POS22-23), "Embedding lived experience in UK postgraduate dementia education: The Dementia Studies programme at GIAM". It shows how people with lived experience have shaped the MSc Dementia Studies from the start. They help design and deliver it, teach on it, and oversee it. The poster also sets out the barriers that stop more universities doing the same.

Presenter: Dr Laura Cole, Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory, University of West London
Authors: Laura Cole, Snorri B. Rafnsson, Federica D'Andrea, Emma Ferguson-Coleman, Jacqueline Parkes and Juanita Hoe (GIAM, University of West London; University of Northampton; Higher Education for Dementia Network)

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At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people affected by dementia came together under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership". Some of the most useful work is in the poster hall, and it often gets missed, so we went to hear about some of it.

Here, Dr Yahveth Cantero-Fortiz from Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona talks us through his poster (POS22-24), "DIT-DIT: Prospective Evaluation of a Tactile-Movement Relational Intervention on Quality of Life and Functional Well-being Across the Dementia Continuum". DIT-DIT is a group programme built around touch, guided dance-based movement, verbal expression and shared space. It's designed for people living with mild cognitive impairment or dementia.

Presenter: Dr Yahveth Cantero-Fortiz, Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona
Authors: Y. Cantero-Fortiz, A. Morera, I. Rodriguez, J. Conde-Salazar, A. Pérez-Galí, M. Guitart, S. Diego, R. Abos, N. de Valery, A. Blas, S. López, A. Cerderiña, M. López, A. Conde-Salazar, I. Suque, M. Gurrutxaga, M. Boada and L. Tárraga (Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona – Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; CIBERNED, Instituto de Salud Carlos III; Condegali; Castell de Peralada)

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At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people affected by dementia came together under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership". Some of the most useful work is in the poster hall, and it often gets missed, so we went to hear about some of it.

Here, Lara Zanarella from the Regional Coordination Unit for the Neurodegenerative Disease Network in the Veneto Region, Italy, talks us through her poster (POS22-39), "From Exclusion to Co-production: Strategic Investment in Dementia Governance Innovation – The Veneto Project". The project trains memory clinic professionals in sharing a diagnosis, runs post-diagnostic support groups for people recently diagnosed, and is building a route for people living with dementia to have a direct say in how regional services are run.

Presenter: Lara Zanarella, Veneto Region, Italy
Authors: Lara Zanarella, Samantha Pradelli, Eloisa Stella and Cristina Basso (Veneto Region; Local Health Authority n.2 Marca Trevigiana; Alterevo Benefit Corporation)
Funded by: Italian Fund for Alzheimer's and Dementia 2024–2026

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At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people affected by dementia came together under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership". Some of the most useful work is in the poster hall, and it often gets missed, so we went to hear about some of it.

Here, Grażyna Leja-Franczyk, a music therapist and researcher at the University of Silesia in Katowice, talks us through her poster, "Enhancing Cognitive Recovery and Patient Motivation Through Community-Focused Music Therapy in Neurologic Rehabilitation". Her project is building a framework for music therapy tailored to each person's culture and musical preferences. It starts in stroke rehabilitation, with the longer-term aim of using it in dementia care, where familiar music is already a core part of practice.

Presenter: Grażyna Leja-Franczyk, University of Silesia in Katowice
Supervisor: Prof. Katarzyna Krasoń

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At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people affected by dementia came together under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership". Some of the most useful work is in the poster hall, and it often gets missed, so we went to hear about some of it.

Here, David Neal from Amsterdam UMC talks us through his poster (POS11-04), "Tailoring Digital Assistive Technology Implementation in Home Care: Preliminary findings from the E-TECH Protocol study". Digital assistive technology can help older adults, including people with dementia, to keep living independently. But people need different levels of help to use it. The E-TECH protocol is a guide for home care providers to match training and support to each person's needs.

Presenter: David Neal, Amsterdam UMC
Authors: David P. Neal, Sunil Bhar, Marissa Dickins, Tuan Nguyen, Sonja Pedell, Thomas V. Vasey and Tanya E. Davison (Amsterdam UMC, Swinburne University of Technology and Silverchain)
Funded by: ARIIA Grants Program

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At the 36th Alzheimer Europe Conference in Dublin (27–29 October 2026), researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people affected by dementia came together under the theme "Sláinte: Building momentum in dementia through policy, research and partnership". Some of the most useful work is in the poster hall, and it often gets missed, so we went to hear about some of it.

Here, Ankita Bhojwani from King's College London talks us through her poster (POS22-15), "Inclusive Approaches for Participatory Research for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review". The review looked at how people with dementia are involved as partners in research, and where that involvement falls away.

Presenter: Ankita Bhojwani, King's College London
Authors: Ankita Bhojwani, Ellie Robinson-Carter, Tazca Levitt, Andy Bradshaw, Laiba Ahmad, Emma Wolverson and Catherine Evans, on behalf of the EMPOWER Network+ (King's College London, University of Hull, University of West London)
Funded by: ESRC, NIHR and Alzheimer's Society (ES/Z502704/1)

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