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Professor Esme Moniz-Cook

Professor Esme Moniz-Cook

Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia Care Research/ Dementia Research Work Group Lead

Summary

Working with older people with dementia and families since 1987, Professor Esme Moniz-Cook has pioneered psychosocial approaches across the dementia trajectory.

She is passionate about improving the quality of dementia care through research that translates into practice.

Esme's European-funded award, 'Early Detection and Psychosocial Rehabilitation to Maintain Quality of Life in Dementia' (1997), founded INTERDEM, an international applied-research network, which publishes widely on psychosocial approaches to dementia.

She led ‘Challenge Demcare: Management of Challenging Behaviour in Dementia (2007-2017)' and has co-investigated twelve other dementia studies, totaling just under £ 17 million, since 2006.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Management of Agitation in Behaviours That Challenge in Dementia Care: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Non-Pharmacological Strategies

James, I. A., Reichelt, K., Shirley, L., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2023). Management of Agitation in Behaviours That Challenge in Dementia Care: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Non-Pharmacological Strategies. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 18, 219-230. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S399697

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on neuropsychiatric symptoms and antipsychotic prescribing for people with dementia in nursing home settings

McDermid, J., Ballard, C., Khan, Z., Aarsland, D., Fox, C., Fossey, J., …Corbett, A. (2023). Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on neuropsychiatric symptoms and antipsychotic prescribing for people with dementia in nursing home settings. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 38(1), Article e5878. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5878

Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research

Vernooij-Dassen, M., Verspoor, E., Samtani, S., Sachdev, P. S., Ikram, M. A., Vernooij, M. W., …Wolf-Ostermann, K. (2022). Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 1052009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1052009

Stigma among UK family carers of people living with dementia

Bhatt, J., Scior, K., Stoner, C. R., Moniz-Cook, E., & Charlesworth, G. (2022). Stigma among UK family carers of people living with dementia. BJPsych Open, 8(6), Article E179. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.585

Person-centered assessment of apathy and resistance to care in people living with dementia: Review of existing measures

Mast, B. T., Ertle, E. M., Kolanowski, A., Mountain, G., Moniz-Cook, E., & Halek, M. (2022). Person-centered assessment of apathy and resistance to care in people living with dementia: Review of existing measures. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 8(1), Article e12316. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12316

Postgraduate supervision

Professor Moniz-Cook welcomes discussion with senior staff who would like co-supervision for dementia care Masters and Doctoral student projects and / or planning, reviewing and advice on publishing Masters and Doctoral dementia research in peer review journals.

Completed PhDs

Example: PhD (UCL)-completed 2016

Feast A, Orrell M, Charlesworth G, Melunsky N, Poland F and Moniz-Cook E (2016) 'Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD) and the challenges or family carers: a systematic review', British Journal of Psychiatry, 208 (5) 429-434 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153684

Feast, A, Moniz-Cook, E., Stoner, C., Charlesworth G & Orrell M (2016) 'A systematic review of the relationship between Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms (BPSD) and caregiver wellbeing', International Psychogeriatrics, 28:11, 1761-1774

Feast A, Orrell M, Russell I, Charlesworth G, & Moniz-Cook E (2017) 'The contribution of caregiver psychosocial factors to distress associated with behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32, 1,76-85 DOI: 10.1002/gps.4447

Feast A, Orrell M, Charlesworth C, Poland F, Featherstone K, Melunsky N, Moniz-Cook E (in press) 'Meta-Ethnography to Synthesise Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia with Challenging Behaviour within Families', Research Methods Cases: Psychology (accepted Sept 2017)

Current PhD supervisions

Example:

Stansfield J., Stoner C., Wenbourne, J Vernooij-Dassen M, Moniz-Cook E & Orrell M (2017) 'Positive Psychology Outcome measures for family caregivers of people living with dementia: a systematic review', International Psychogeriatrics, 29(8), 1281 -1296

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