Robin Harwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 241963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Harwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Harwood |
| SIGNATURE | HARWOOD R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4920-6718 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
“Wonderful, wonderful”: Functions of praise towards people living with dementia in the acute hospital environment
This paper examines the use of praise in the care of people living with dementia (PLWD) in the acute hospital. Perceptions of praise vary. 'Excessive' praise is typically classified as elderspeak, with attendant debates over whether this is patronising and/or infantilising. However, some sources suggest praise may serve useful structural functions in conversation, or should be used for encouragement of PLWD, reflecting the pervasive person-centre…
“I want to get out … I've got a child at home”: Intersubjectivity, reality disjunctures and distress in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital
The pivotal role of language in achieving and maintaining intersubjectivity in interaction creates particular problems where one party has a medical condition affecting language use. Dementia can have significant impact on language comprehension, expression and memory; this creates challenges not only for people living with dementia (PLWD) but also those who care for them. In UK hospitals approximately 25% of beds are occupied by PLWD (Alzheimer'…
The meaning of “total pain” in the context of living and dying with dementia
Applied to dementia care, "total pain" should be located within a critical context, emphasising complexity, contingency and nuance. The holistic focus of " total pain" should be extended to incorporate balanced consideration of "painful" and "functional" experience. We introduce a balanced model of total pain incorporating a dual focus on "pain" and "personhood" within a critical context, to facilitate translation to practice. There is a need to …
Alright my lovely: The use of terms of endearment as a mitigation device in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital environment
This paper examines how terms of endearment (ToE) are used as a mitigation device in interactions between staff and people living with dementia (PLWD) in the acute hospital environment. ToE are often discouraged in training for healthcare staff. However, this research demonstrates that they are still commonly used in practice. Using conversation analysis, video and audio data were examined to identify the interactional functions of ToE. Analysis …
RCT-based Social Return on Investment (SROI) of a Home Exercise Program for People With Early Dementia Comparing In-Person and Blended Delivery Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Regular exercise and community engagement may slow the rate of function loss for people with dementia. However, the evidence is uncertain regarding the cost-effectiveness and social return on investment (SROI) of home exercise with community referral for people with dementia. This study aimed to compare the social value generated from the in-person PrAISED program delivered before March 2020 with a blended PrAISED program delivered after March 20…
Conversation Analysis Based Simulation (Cabs): A method for improving communication skills training for healthcare practitioners
BACKGROUND: Actors portraying simulated patients are widely used in communication skills training in healthcare, but debates persist over the authenticity of these interactions. However, healthcare professionals value simulation-based training because of the opportunity to think and react in real time, which alternatives cannot provide. OBJECTIVE: To describe a method for the use of simulation which maximises authenticity by grounding training in…
Tele-Rehabilitation for People with Dementia during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case-Study from England
The COVID-19 pandemic required innovative ways of delivering rehabilitation. This study supports that people with dementia can use tele-rehabilitation, but success is reliant on having a caregiver and an enthusiastic and known therapist
Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital
Adding to the knowledge on Patient and Public Involvement: Reflections from an experience of co‐research with carers of people with dementia
BACKGROUND: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research ensures that publicly funded research reflects the priorities of the people who will be affected by its results. Co-research, a branch of PPI, is equal partnership between academic researchers and members of the public, who steer and conduct research together. OBJECTIVES: To propose a model for good practice in co-researching with carers of people with dementia, by reporting and synthes…
External Validation of the ‘PHYT in Dementia’, a Theoretical Model Promoting Physical Activity in People with Dementia
Physical activity is beneficial for people with dementia. We previously developed a theoretical model to explain behaviour change in physical activity in dementia (PHYT-in-dementia). This study aimed to externally validate the model. Validation occurred through the process evaluation of a programme promoting activity in people with dementia (PrAISED 2). Twenty participants with dementia and their carers were interviewed to investigate their exper…
When people living with dementia say 'no: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting
A quarter of UK acute hospital beds are occupied by people living with dementia (PLWD). Concerns have been raised by both policy makers and carers about the quality of communication between hospital staff and PLWD. PLWD may experience communication impairments such as word finding difficulties, limited ability to construct coherent narratives and difficulties understanding others. Since much healthcare delivery occurs through talk, healthcare pro…
School Readiness among U.S. Children: Development of a Pilot Measure
Should I stay or should I go? How healthcare professionals close encounters with people with dementia in the acute hospital setting
Around a quarter of hospital beds in the UK are occupied by patients living with dementia (PWD), and communication impairments are common across all types of dementia, often exacerbated by the hospital environment. Unsurprisingly, healthcare professionals (HCPs) report particular challenges in caring for this patient group, whilst trying to recognise and value their personhood as per the underpinning ethos of person-centred care. However, whilst …
Disruption, control and coping: Responses of and to the person with dementia in hospital
This qualitative study aimed to gain insight into the experience of hospitalisation from the perspectives of the older person with dementia, their family care-giver and other patients sharing the ward (co-patients). Non-participant observation of care on 11 acute hospital wards was supplemented by 39 semi-structured interviews with 35 family care-givers and four co-patients following discharge. Constant comparative analysis produced the core prob…
Sociocultural Influences on German and Turkish Immigrant Mothers' Long-Term Socialization Goals
The major aims of this study were (a) to investigate the differences and similarities in long-term socialization goals of German mothers and Turkish immigrant mothers living in Germany and (b) to examine socialization goals of Turkish immigrant mothers in relation to their acculturation attitudes. Participants were composed of 79 Turkish mothers who were either raised in Germany or migrated to Germany and 91 German mothers of preschoolers living …
Open minded: Working out the logic of the soul
Polytheism, pantheism, and the ontological argument
I show that if the ontological argument is sound, it proves that a number of maximally great beings must exist. I show that maximal greatness does not imply uniqueness, that such beings can be omnipotent and yet not restrict each other's power, and that each must have its own separate stream of consciousness. I also show that attempts to unify the beings by unifying the streams of consciousness leads to a form of pantheism
Should I stay or should I go? How healthcare professionals close encounters with people with dementia in the acute hospital setting
Around a quarter of hospital beds in the UK are occupied by patients living with dementia (PWD), and communication impairments are common across all types of dementia, often exacerbated by the hospital environment. Unsurprisingly, healthcare professionals (HCPs) report particular challenges in caring for this patient group, whilst trying to recognise and value their personhood as per the underpinning ethos of person-centred care. However, whilst …
Sociocultural Influences on German and Turkish Immigrant Mothers' Long-Term Socialization Goals
The major aims of this study were (a) to investigate the differences and similarities in long-term socialization goals of German mothers and Turkish immigrant mothers living in Germany and (b) to examine socialization goals of Turkish immigrant mothers in relation to their acculturation attitudes. Participants were composed of 79 Turkish mothers who were either raised in Germany or migrated to Germany and 91 German mothers of preschoolers living …
Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital
When people living with dementia say 'no: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting
A quarter of UK acute hospital beds are occupied by people living with dementia (PLWD). Concerns have been raised by both policy makers and carers about the quality of communication between hospital staff and PLWD. PLWD may experience communication impairments such as word finding difficulties, limited ability to construct coherent narratives and difficulties understanding others. Since much healthcare delivery occurs through talk, healthcare pro…
Disruption, control and coping: Responses of and to the person with dementia in hospital
This qualitative study aimed to gain insight into the experience of hospitalisation from the perspectives of the older person with dementia, their family care-giver and other patients sharing the ward (co-patients). Non-participant observation of care on 11 acute hospital wards was supplemented by 39 semi-structured interviews with 35 family care-givers and four co-patients following discharge. Constant comparative analysis produced the core prob…
School Readiness among U.S. Children: Development of a Pilot Measure
Polytheism, pantheism, and the ontological argument
I show that if the ontological argument is sound, it proves that a number of maximally great beings must exist. I show that maximal greatness does not imply uniqueness, that such beings can be omnipotent and yet not restrict each other's power, and that each must have its own separate stream of consciousness. I also show that attempts to unify the beings by unifying the streams of consciousness leads to a form of pantheism
Open minded: Working out the logic of the soul
Sociocultural Influences on German and Turkish Immigrant Mothers' Long-Term Socialization Goals
The major aims of this study were (a) to investigate the differences and similarities in long-term socialization goals of German mothers and Turkish immigrant mothers living in Germany and (b) to examine socialization goals of Turkish immigrant mothers in relation to their acculturation attitudes. Participants were composed of 79 Turkish mothers who were either raised in Germany or migrated to Germany and 91 German mothers of preschoolers living …
Disruption, control and coping: Responses of and to the person with dementia in hospital
This qualitative study aimed to gain insight into the experience of hospitalisation from the perspectives of the older person with dementia, their family care-giver and other patients sharing the ward (co-patients). Non-participant observation of care on 11 acute hospital wards was supplemented by 39 semi-structured interviews with 35 family care-givers and four co-patients following discharge. Constant comparative analysis produced the core prob…
Should I stay or should I go? How healthcare professionals close encounters with people with dementia in the acute hospital setting
Around a quarter of hospital beds in the UK are occupied by patients living with dementia (PWD), and communication impairments are common across all types of dementia, often exacerbated by the hospital environment. Unsurprisingly, healthcare professionals (HCPs) report particular challenges in caring for this patient group, whilst trying to recognise and value their personhood as per the underpinning ethos of person-centred care. However, whilst …
School Readiness among U.S. Children: Development of a Pilot Measure
Adding to the knowledge on Patient and Public Involvement: Reflections from an experience of co‐research with carers of people with dementia
BACKGROUND: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research ensures that publicly funded research reflects the priorities of the people who will be affected by its results. Co-research, a branch of PPI, is equal partnership between academic researchers and members of the public, who steer and conduct research together. OBJECTIVES: To propose a model for good practice in co-researching with carers of people with dementia, by reporting and synthes…
External Validation of the ‘PHYT in Dementia’, a Theoretical Model Promoting Physical Activity in People with Dementia
Physical activity is beneficial for people with dementia. We previously developed a theoretical model to explain behaviour change in physical activity in dementia (PHYT-in-dementia). This study aimed to externally validate the model. Validation occurred through the process evaluation of a programme promoting activity in people with dementia (PrAISED 2). Twenty participants with dementia and their carers were interviewed to investigate their exper…
When people living with dementia say 'no: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting
A quarter of UK acute hospital beds are occupied by people living with dementia (PLWD). Concerns have been raised by both policy makers and carers about the quality of communication between hospital staff and PLWD. PLWD may experience communication impairments such as word finding difficulties, limited ability to construct coherent narratives and difficulties understanding others. Since much healthcare delivery occurs through talk, healthcare pro…
Tele-Rehabilitation for People with Dementia during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case-Study from England
The COVID-19 pandemic required innovative ways of delivering rehabilitation. This study supports that people with dementia can use tele-rehabilitation, but success is reliant on having a caregiver and an enthusiastic and known therapist
Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital
Conversation Analysis Based Simulation (Cabs): A method for improving communication skills training for healthcare practitioners
BACKGROUND: Actors portraying simulated patients are widely used in communication skills training in healthcare, but debates persist over the authenticity of these interactions. However, healthcare professionals value simulation-based training because of the opportunity to think and react in real time, which alternatives cannot provide. OBJECTIVE: To describe a method for the use of simulation which maximises authenticity by grounding training in…
RCT-based Social Return on Investment (SROI) of a Home Exercise Program for People With Early Dementia Comparing In-Person and Blended Delivery Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Regular exercise and community engagement may slow the rate of function loss for people with dementia. However, the evidence is uncertain regarding the cost-effectiveness and social return on investment (SROI) of home exercise with community referral for people with dementia. This study aimed to compare the social value generated from the in-person PrAISED program delivered before March 2020 with a blended PrAISED program delivered after March 20…
“I want to get out … I've got a child at home”: Intersubjectivity, reality disjunctures and distress in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital
The pivotal role of language in achieving and maintaining intersubjectivity in interaction creates particular problems where one party has a medical condition affecting language use. Dementia can have significant impact on language comprehension, expression and memory; this creates challenges not only for people living with dementia (PLWD) but also those who care for them. In UK hospitals approximately 25% of beds are occupied by PLWD (Alzheimer'…
The meaning of “total pain” in the context of living and dying with dementia
Applied to dementia care, "total pain" should be located within a critical context, emphasising complexity, contingency and nuance. The holistic focus of " total pain" should be extended to incorporate balanced consideration of "painful" and "functional" experience. We introduce a balanced model of total pain incorporating a dual focus on "pain" and "personhood" within a critical context, to facilitate translation to practice. There is a need to …
Alright my lovely: The use of terms of endearment as a mitigation device in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital environment
This paper examines how terms of endearment (ToE) are used as a mitigation device in interactions between staff and people living with dementia (PLWD) in the acute hospital environment. ToE are often discouraged in training for healthcare staff. However, this research demonstrates that they are still commonly used in practice. Using conversation analysis, video and audio data were examined to identify the interactional functions of ToE. Analysis …
“Wonderful, wonderful”: Functions of praise towards people living with dementia in the acute hospital environment
This paper examines the use of praise in the care of people living with dementia (PLWD) in the acute hospital. Perceptions of praise vary. 'Excessive' praise is typically classified as elderspeak, with attendant debates over whether this is patronising and/or infantilising. However, some sources suggest praise may serve useful structural functions in conversation, or should be used for encouragement of PLWD, reflecting the pervasive person-centre…
Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Dementia (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (4 works)