Michelle Heward
Biographic Data
| ID | 4593634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Heward |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Heward |
| SIGNATURE | HEWARD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bournemouth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4492-3726 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Telemedicine and Cultural Competency in Dementia Care
BACKGROUND: Dementia is a growing concern in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly Nigeria, where care is hindered by weak infrastructure, stigma, and limited culturally responsive services. Telemedicine offers promise but faces adoption challenges in low-resource settings. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate digital interventions for dementia care in SSA and examine how culturally tailored telemedicine is shaped by stakeholder input, it may reduce caregiver…
Experiences of age-related declining navigation abilities and impact on use of outdoor environments
Laboratory-based experiments show ageing negatively impacts navigation abilities, yet a paucity of research explores lived experience. This exploratory study examined young-old adults' experiences of declining navigation abilities during 16 semi-structured telephone interviews. Findings reveal: (a) ‘Behavioural drivers’ that underpinned the participants' experiences and actions when engaging with their environments, (b) ‘Avoidance’ and (c) ‘Activ…
‘We go for a homely feel ... not the clinical dementia side’
Living with dementia can adversely affect people's spatial (orientation and navigation) and reality (time, date and place) orientation, which can detrimentally impact on their sense of social inclusion and wellbeing. This is an important challenge to address within United Kingdom (UK) care homes where around 70 per cent of the residents are living with dementia or severe memory problems. Care home managers have some autonomy in decision-making th…
Dementia-friendly communities
Dementia-friendly communities (DFCs) are a UK policy initiative that aims to enable people with dementia to feel supported and included within their local community. Current approaches to DFC creation rely on stakeholder involvement, often requiring volunteer assistance. There is though a lack of evidence that examines the reality of achieving this. This paper critically assesses the challenges and strategies for achieving stakeholder involvement…
Dementia-friendly communities
Dementia-friendly communities (DFCs) are a UK policy initiative that aims to enable people with dementia to feel supported and included within their local community. Current approaches to DFC creation rely on stakeholder involvement, often requiring volunteer assistance. There is though a lack of evidence that examines the reality of achieving this. This paper critically assesses the challenges and strategies for achieving stakeholder involvement…
Dementia-friendly communities
Dementia-friendly communities (DFCs) are a UK policy initiative that aims to enable people with dementia to feel supported and included within their local community. Current approaches to DFC creation rely on stakeholder involvement, often requiring volunteer assistance. There is though a lack of evidence that examines the reality of achieving this. This paper critically assesses the challenges and strategies for achieving stakeholder involvement…
‘We go for a homely feel ... not the clinical dementia side’
Living with dementia can adversely affect people's spatial (orientation and navigation) and reality (time, date and place) orientation, which can detrimentally impact on their sense of social inclusion and wellbeing. This is an important challenge to address within United Kingdom (UK) care homes where around 70 per cent of the residents are living with dementia or severe memory problems. Care home managers have some autonomy in decision-making th…
Telemedicine and Cultural Competency in Dementia Care
BACKGROUND: Dementia is a growing concern in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly Nigeria, where care is hindered by weak infrastructure, stigma, and limited culturally responsive services. Telemedicine offers promise but faces adoption challenges in low-resource settings. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate digital interventions for dementia care in SSA and examine how culturally tailored telemedicine is shaped by stakeholder input, it may reduce caregiver…
Experiences of age-related declining navigation abilities and impact on use of outdoor environments
Laboratory-based experiments show ageing negatively impacts navigation abilities, yet a paucity of research explores lived experience. This exploratory study examined young-old adults' experiences of declining navigation abilities during 16 semi-structured telephone interviews. Findings reveal: (a) ‘Behavioural drivers’ that underpinned the participants' experiences and actions when engaging with their environments, (b) ‘Avoidance’ and (c) ‘Activ…
Dementia (3 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Stakeholder (2 works)