Publications

2017

Di Bona, L., Wenborn, J., Field, B., Hynes, S., Ledgerd, R., Mountain, G. and Swinson, T. (2017) Enablers and challenges to occupational therapists' research engagement: A qualitative study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1177/0308022617719218

2016

Wenborn, J., Hynes, S., Moniz-Cook, E., Mountain, G., Poland, F., King, M., Omar, R., Morris, S., Vernooij-Dassen, M., Challis, D., Michie, S., Russell, I., Sackley, C., Graff, M., O'Keefe, A., Crellin, N. and Orrell, M. (2016) Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17:65. DOIi:10.1186/s13063-015-1150-y

Swinson, T., Wenborn, J., Hynes, S., Orrell, M., Stansfeld, J., Rooks, S. and Ledgerd, R. (2016) Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and their family carers: A national survey of United Kingdom occupational therapy practice. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1177/0308022615624447

2015

Hynes, S.M., Field, B., Ledgerd, R., Swinson, T., Wenborn, J., di Bona, L., Moniz-Cook, E., Poland, F. and Orrell, M. (2015) Exploring the need for a new UK occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and family carers: Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD). A focus group study. Aging and Mental Health. Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1037243

Newsletters

VALID Newsletter Issue 1 Spring 2014

VALID Newsletter Issue 2 Winter 2014

VALID Newsletter Issue 3 Summer 2015

VALID Newsletter Issue 4 Spring 2016

VALID Newsletter Issue 5 Autumn 2016

VALID Newsletter Issue 6 Summer 2017

VALID Newsletter Issue 7 Winter 2017

The VALID research study has been inspired by the work of Dr Maud Graff and her colleagues at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre:

Graff, M.J.L., Vernooij-Dassen, M.J.F.J., Hoefnagels, W.H.L., Dekker, J., & Witte, L.P. de (2003). Occupational therapy at home for older individuals with mild to moderate cognitive impairments and their primary caregivers: a pilot study. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 23, 155-164.

Graff, M.J.L., Vernooij-Dassen, M.J.M., Thijssen, M., Dekker, J., Hoefnagels, W.H.L., Olde Rikkert, M.G.M. (2006) Community based occupational therapy for patients with dementia and their care givers: randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, Vol. 333, (No. 7580) pp1196-1201.

Graff, M.J.L., Vernooij-Dassen, M.J.F.J., Thijssen, M., Dekker, J., Hoefnagels, W.H.L., & Olde Rikkert, M.G.M. (2007). Effects of community occupational therapy on quality of life and health status in dementia patients and their primary caregivers: a randomized controlled trial. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Science and Medical Science, 62(9), 1002-1009.

Graff, M.J.L., Adang, E.M.M., Vernooij-Dassen, M.J.M., Dekker, J., Jönsson, L., Thijssen, M., Hoefnagels, W.H.L., Olde Rikkert, M.G.M. (2008) Community occupational therapy for older patients with dementia and their care givers: cost effectiveness study. British Medical Journal, Vol. 336, (No. 7636) pp134-138.