Overview
Nicholas completed his undergraduate medical degree at Hull York Medical School and undertook his foundation training in Dorset and the Isle of Wight. He completed his GP training in Dorset in 2014. After being appointed the Dementia lead for a GP practice he developed an interest in dementia. He worked closely with care homes for two years with a focus on providing proactive care and advanced care planning before taking the appointment as a Clinical Training Fellow at Exeter.
Nicholas is funded by the Alzheimer’s Society as part of the INTERACT project. His research interests are person-centred care and improving the quality of care in the care home setting.
His PhD is focusing on activities for people with severe dementia in the care home setting and digital methods to personalise them.
Qualifications
MBBS DRCOG
Research
Research projects
Project- ENgagement And feasibility of an evidence-based ACtivity Toolkit for people with severe dementia living in care homes (ENACT)
Supervisor Anne Corbett. Funded by Alzheimer’s society.
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Luscombe N, Morgan-Trimmer S, Savage S, Allan L (2021). Digital technologies to support people living with dementia in the care home setting to engage in meaningful occupations: protocol for a scoping review.
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10(1).
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Digital technologies to support people living with dementia in the care home setting to engage in meaningful occupations: protocol for a scoping review.
BACKGROUND: People living with all stages of dementia should have the opportunity to participate in meaningful occupations. For those living in care homes, this may not always occur and residents may spend significant parts of the day unengaged, especially those living with more advanced dementia. Digital technologies are increasingly being used in health care and could provide opportunities for people living with dementia (PLWD) in care homes to engage in meaningful occupations and support care staff to provide these activities. With technology advancing at a rapid rate, the objective of this scoping review is to provide an up-to-date systematic map of the research on the diverse range of digital technologies that support engagement in meaningful occupations. In particular, focus will be given to barriers and facilitators to inform future intervention design and implementation strategies, which have not yet been clearly mapped across the full range of these digital technologies. METHOD: a scoping review will be conducted to systematically search for published research using a comprehensive search strategy on thirteen databases. Published, peer-reviewed studies that focused on PLWD in the care home setting and assessed any form of digital technology that supported a meaningful occupation will be included. All methodologies which meet the criteria will be included. Data will be extracted and charted to report the range of digital technologies, underlying mechanisms of action, facilitators and barriers to implementation. DISCUSSION: Mapping the range of technologies to support PLWD to engage in meaningful occupations will identify gaps in research. The systematic search will include a diverse range of technologies such as software to enhance care planning, tablets devices, smartphones, communication robots and social media platforms, rather than focussing on a specific design or interface. This will enable comparison between mechanisms of action, barriers and facilitators to implementation which will be useful for future research and intervention design. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Open Science Framework https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/7UDM2.
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2021
Luscombe N, Morgan-Trimmer S, Savage S, Allan L (2021). Digital technologies to support people living with dementia in the care home setting to engage in meaningful occupations: protocol for a scoping review.
Syst Rev,
10(1).
Abstract:
Digital technologies to support people living with dementia in the care home setting to engage in meaningful occupations: protocol for a scoping review.
BACKGROUND: People living with all stages of dementia should have the opportunity to participate in meaningful occupations. For those living in care homes, this may not always occur and residents may spend significant parts of the day unengaged, especially those living with more advanced dementia. Digital technologies are increasingly being used in health care and could provide opportunities for people living with dementia (PLWD) in care homes to engage in meaningful occupations and support care staff to provide these activities. With technology advancing at a rapid rate, the objective of this scoping review is to provide an up-to-date systematic map of the research on the diverse range of digital technologies that support engagement in meaningful occupations. In particular, focus will be given to barriers and facilitators to inform future intervention design and implementation strategies, which have not yet been clearly mapped across the full range of these digital technologies. METHOD: a scoping review will be conducted to systematically search for published research using a comprehensive search strategy on thirteen databases. Published, peer-reviewed studies that focused on PLWD in the care home setting and assessed any form of digital technology that supported a meaningful occupation will be included. All methodologies which meet the criteria will be included. Data will be extracted and charted to report the range of digital technologies, underlying mechanisms of action, facilitators and barriers to implementation. DISCUSSION: Mapping the range of technologies to support PLWD to engage in meaningful occupations will identify gaps in research. The systematic search will include a diverse range of technologies such as software to enhance care planning, tablets devices, smartphones, communication robots and social media platforms, rather than focussing on a specific design or interface. This will enable comparison between mechanisms of action, barriers and facilitators to implementation which will be useful for future research and intervention design. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Open Science Framework https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/7UDM2.
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