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Sarah J. Smith
Researcher at Leeds Beckett University
Publications - 33
Citations - 648
Sarah J. Smith is an academic researcher from Leeds Beckett University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Population. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 27 publications receiving 430 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarah J. Smith include University of Bradford & University of Leeds.
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Effective dementia education and training for the health and social care workforce: A systematic review of the literature
Claire Surr,Cara Gates,Donna Irving,Jan R. Oyebode,Sarah J. Smith,Sahdia Parveen,Michelle Drury,Alison Dennison +7 more
TL;DR: The findings of this review have relevance for all working in workforce education and include the need for educational programs to be relevant to participants’ role and experience.
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Impact of a person-centred dementia care training programme on hospital staff attitudes, role efficacy and perceptions of caring for people with dementia: A repeated measures study
TL;DR: Training acute hospital staff in Intermediate level person-centred dementia care is effective in producing significant improvements in attitudes towards and satisfaction in caring for people with dementia and feelings of caring efficacy.
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Exploring self-report and proxy-report quality-of-life measures for people living with dementia in care homes
TL;DR: There are large differences in how QoL is rated by people living with dementia, their relatives and care staff, and these inconsistencies need to be considered when selecting measures and reporters within dementia research.
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Overgeneral autobiographical memory in Parkinson's disease.
TL;DR: The results showed a temporal gradient for the recall of personal events in Parkinson's patients as they recalled fewer events for recent time periods and the PD group had more difficulties in recalling autobiographical events rather than an autobiographical knowledge.
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Components of impactful dementia training for general hospital staff: a collective case study
Claire Surr,Cara Sass,Natasha Burnley,Michelle Drury,Sarah J. Smith,Sahdia Parveen,SE Burden,Jan R. Oyebode +7 more
TL;DR: Dementia training can lead to improved care practices, but there are a range of key barriers and facilitators to implementation that must be considered.