We're offering a series of three short courses in Conversation Analysis at the University of York, taught by Paul Drew, Kat Connabeer, Clare Jackson, Kobin Kendrick, Richard Ogden, & Merran Toerien. For details see york.ac.uk/language/resea…

Last day before maternity leave and my paper is published - only taken two years to get there but I’m so proud it is finally out!! It explores the interactional administration of a cognitive instrument used to determine a dementia diagnosis doi.org/10.1177/104973…

⁦⁦Dr Anna Volkmer⁩ from UCL is working with people who have PPA to help support communication and language with a person-centred approach ⁦RareDementiaSupport⁩ #endftd

*ESRC funded* MGS ESRC DTP #PhD studentship Selfhood in #Dementia supervised by myself & Alison Pilnick Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN Based Loughborough Communication and Media See: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/… Please share. #demPhD #emca Loughborough CRCC LboroDocCollege

Come and do a PhD with Elizabeth Peel and me, based at Loughborough. Enquiries welcome.

Deadline approaching! 14 February. An excellent #PhD opportunity #demphd #emca #dementia Alison Pilnick Dementia Qualitative/Comms Research Network MGS ESRC DTP

Workshop in Conversation Analysis and Healthcare Interactions. Ruth Parry 💙 gives an overview of the field. Loughborough CRCC 🄳 🄰 🅁 🄶

A brilliant MGS ESRC DTP #demPhD #emca opportunity to work with Saul Albert @rolsi_journal Alzheimer's Society and myself on a fascinating project. Please share

Funded #EMCA PhD with Prof Alison Pilnick - ESRC DTP Collaborative Studentship: Is 'elderspeak' always inappropriate? An empirical investigation of the use of elderspeak in dementia care, deadline 24th Feb dlvr.it/RQ9HJ6

Come do a PhD with me, @rolsi_journal, & Elizabeth Peel at Loughborough CRCC in collaboration with Ian McCreath & Hannah Brayford at Alzheimer's Society - more details on this blog - and the deadline is the 6th March (just a short form & CV required) #DementiaCAN #DCAN saulalbert.net/blog/how-do-pe…

🚨New paper alert!! How do doctors communicate Mild Cognitive Impairment diagnoses to patients? Lots of variation in explanation, and no talk of progression to dementia in 46% meetings.. Read here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Rose McCabe Dr Cate Bailey @penn_x Dementia Researcher

Very pleased & proud that our article on interactions in quizzes for people living with dementia is out TODAY in Discourse Studies! doi.org/10.1177/146144… With Val Williams and @cchlindho

Speaking today at an #AAIC20 #AAIC2020 live session on Dementia and LGBTQ older adults. Pre-recorded talk, followed by live Q&A. alz.org/aaic/downloads… 11:30am CDT/ 5:30pm BST

New paper! I asked people with dementia and carers to help me with #conversationanalysis of my video recordings of doctor visits to care homes for my NIHR School for Primary Care Research CAPC, Bristol fellowship.. And here's what happened! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Dementia Researcher Ethno/CA News #EMCA #PPI

🌟Book now🌟 2nd International Better Conversations Conference 11 November. Free pre-conference workshop 10 Nov (40 places, for #SLT delivering CPT already). Both Zoom. Details ⬇️ Professor Steven Bloch Dr Anna Volkmer Nicola Sirman Firle Beckley, PhD Kate Swinburn UCL Language & Cognition ucl.ac.uk/pals/better-co…

😃Excited to announce call for abstracts: special collection in IJQM - 'Creative approaches to qualitative dementia research' edited by joseph webb. Abstracts deadline 31 Jan 2022 👇👇👇 journals.sagepub.com/page/ijq/colle…

It's #FreeWillsMonth & I've written a blog from my #demphd research findings exploring why people do & don't make wills. Read here: tinyurl.com/freewillsmonth Have you made a will? Maybe it's time?

Great fun today at our 3rd DemiQual meeting chaired by @sgriffiths1966 - hearing from hannah & Dr Lauren Weston on diary data collection & other things! Next meeting scheduled for Jan 2022 to focus on capacity & consent Dr Anna Volkmer Jemima Dooley joseph webb Dr Danielle Jones

New blog, out now!