Kingston University and St George’s academic awarded MBE for outstanding services to stroke rehabilitation 21st June 2017 Professor of Rehabilitation Research Fiona Jones included on the Queen’s Birthday honours list
Building Bridges: Research programme for self-management support 26th October 2016 Professor Fiona Jones is leading a programme of research for self-management support for individuals with complex disabilities.
Breakthrough research to self-manage and cope with pain through exercise 6th June 2015 Mike Hurley, Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, has devised a rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis.
Ethnic differences in satisfaction with social care amongst older carers of stroke survivors 5th May 2015 The study, led by Dr Nan Greenwood, explored the perceptions and experiences of 57 older carers of stroke survivors, and was funded by the National Institute of Health Research School of Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR).
Communication And Respect for people with Dementia: Student learning (CARDS) 5th May 2015 CARDS is an innovative educational programme for pre-qualifying health and social care students. It is aimed at improving the education and training of health and social care students to work effectively with people with dementia, through theoretical components and an opportunity to interact with people with dementia in a care home.
BREATHE platform for informal care givers 5th May 2015 ‘Support for the Informal Caregiver in Long Term Care of elderly people; Platform for self-assessment and efficient management for informal caregivers (BREATHE)’, is an interdisciplinary research project
Promoting a safer hospital environment 1st May 2015 Hospital patients with learning disabilities face longer waits and mismanaged treatment due to nursing staff’s failure to understand them, according to a report released in 2014 by a research team, including Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne.
Improving end of life care for people with learning disabilities 1st May 2015 Pioneering research by Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, into end of life and palliative care for people with learning disabilities, has helped transform services and change public policy in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Incontinence and people with dementia living at home 1st May 2015 Incontinence in people with dementia is distressing, adds to the carer’s burden, and influences decisions to relocate people to care homes.
Bridges – Living with stroke 1st May 2015 Dr Fiona Jones, Professor in Rehabilitation Research, is the founder of the ‘Bridges’ programme for stroke self-management, which has been commissioned by over 50 stroke teams in the UK.
