Dementia & Continence

Understanding how to facilitate continence for people with dementia in acute hospital settings: raising awareness and improving care.

Continence Report Published

Our latest report carried out by Professor Katie Featherstone and Dr Andy Northcott, and a wider interdisciplinary team presents the findings of our latest new ethnographic research, Understanding how to facilitate continence for people with dementia in acute hospital setting.

NIHR Funded Research Projects

National Institute of Health Research is the NHS’s grant awarding body and has many different programmes of research.

Restrictive Practices Study

Understanding the everyday use of restrictive practices in the care of people living with dementia during a hospital admission: reducing inappropriate use, identifying good practice and alternative approaches to reduce risk and improve care.

Resistance Study

Underserved and overlooked: Investigating the management of refusal of care in people with dementia admitted to hospital with an acute condition.