Measuring the well-being of people with dementia: a conceptual scoping review

Chris Clarke, Esme Moniz-Cook & Emma Wolverson have co-Authored:

Chris Clarke, Bob Woods, Esme Moniz-Cook, Gail Mountain, Laila Øksnebjerg, Rabih Chattat, Ana Diaz, Dianne Gove, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen & Emma Wolverson (2020) Measuring the well-being of people with dementia: a conceptual scoping review BMC Health & Quality of Life Outcomes doi: 10.1186/s12955-020-01440-x

The use of everyday technologies to enhance well-being and enjoyment for people living with dementia: A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis

Chris Clarke and Emma Wolverson have co-authored:

Sweeney L, Ckarke C, Wolverson E (2020) The use of everyday technologies to enhance well-being and enjoyment for people living with dementia: A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis Dementia doi: 10.1177/1471301220929534

Humour between people living with dementia and their partners

Chris Clarke, Emma Wolverson have co-authored:

Helen Hickman, Chris Clarke, Emma Wolverson (2018) A qualitative study of the shared experience of humour between people living with dementia and their partners Dementia doi: 10.1177/1471301218805895

Book review of: Chris Clarke and Emma Wolverson (eds), Positive psychology approaches to dementia

An excellent review, by Prof John Keady of University of Manchester has been published in Dementia; the opening paragraph of John's review says:

This is a ground-breaking book. It is also an important book as it challenges (past) negative discourses in dementia and sets out a new direction for dementia studies and everyday clinical practice. As the name of the text suggests, the focus is squarely on affirming person-centred values with each of the chapters presenting positive psychology understanding/themes and their application to living well with dementia. In the hands of less experienced editors, advancing this understanding could be seen as a form of idealism as, at times, the lived experience of dementia can dance uncontrollably to the tune of stress and distress, emotions that ripple through the generations and into the communities where people with dementia live. However, to their enormous credit, the editors do not shirk from this critique/responsibility and emphatically stress that a balance needs to be struck between idealism and realism. Idealism as expressed through the positive narrative of the text and realism in that this will not be everyone’s experience.

Through the eyes of others – the social experiences of people with dementia: a systematic literature review and synthesis

Chris Clarke, Emma Wolverson and Esme Moniz-Cook have co-authored:

Patterson KM, Clarke C, Wolverson E, Moniz-Cook E (2017) Through the eyes of others – the social experiences of people with dementia: a systematic literature review and synthesis International Psychogeriatrics doi: 10.1017/S1041610216002374

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Positive psychology approaches to dementia

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Chris Clarke presented on the theme of 'Positive psychology approaches to dementia' at the British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology 2017 Conference in Liverpool held between 18-21 January in Liverpool

Positive Psychology Approaches to Dementia

Colleagues Dr Chris Clarke and Dr Emma Wolverson in Clinical Psychology have co-edited:

Clarke C, Wolverson E Positive Psychology Approaches to Dementia Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London

As explained by Chris Clarke: 'The book explores the potential for positive psychology perspectives and concepts to be applied in furthering our understanding of ‘living well’ with dementia. Each chapter looks at a specific theme/concept (e.g. hope, humour, resilience etc), relates it to dementia and also includes personal accounts or interview transcripts to illustrate the potential experience of those concepts in living with dementia'.