Alison Dawson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6181256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Dawson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Dawson |
| SIGNATURE | DAWSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2834-4871 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Scaling home designs for healthy cognitive ageing: A realist evaluation perspective
We present an empirically grounded theory of change (ToC) to support delivery at scale of home design for healthy cognitive ageing. Using a realist evaluation lens, we analyse how contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes (CMO) identified in the ‘Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing’ (DesHCA) research shape scalability. Design principles and features were co-produced with older adults and housing professionals through VR-supported workshops, and…
Development of an intervention programme theory to increase movement in care homes for people with cognitive impairment: Care homes achieving realistic movement strategies (CHARMS)
There is an increase in both the number of people living in care homes, and the cognitive impairments they experience. Some of these experiences of cognitive impairments can be improved by appropriate movement and physical activity interventions, delivered in ways which take into account an individual's preferences, needs and abilities. A clear intervention programme theory (how we expect an intervention to work) can improve effectiveness, accept…
Housing Design Evaluation Research for People Living with Cognitive Change: A Systematic Literature Review
Research suggests that improvements to home design may enable us to live better with cognitive change as we age. However, few innovations have been fully evaluated. The paper systematically reviews 47 items of evaluative literature. Research design and quality are varied. Qualitative analysis of literature demonstrates the need for a holistic approach that includes older people’s diverse perspectives, examples of promising practice that responds …
Care home residents on the move: The significance of cultural context for physical activity
Increased physical activity is widely promoted as beneficial for older people, but previous research indicates this may be difficult to implement in care homes, especially for people with dementia who form an increasing proportion of residents. Care home cultures can mitigate against physical activity for residents, but there is also scope for them to embed personalised physical activity. They are under-researched, but significant in terms of out…
Using Technology the Right Way to Support Social Connectedness for Older People in the Era of Covid-19
The restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic pose significant risks to the human rights of older people from limitations in how people are able to engage with their social lives and from increased risk of discrimination linked to conceptualization of COVID-19 as a disease of the old. Further, COVID-19 increases risks of social isolation through public health and societal responses such as lockdowns. These responses have resulted …
Time for care: Exploring time use by carers of older people
The paper focuses on temporal aspects of informal caring for older people. Limitations of large-scale surveys in capturing such data are noted and time-use methodology, despite its own limitations, is proposed as a promising alternative. Adopting a critical perspective on time that includes carers’ own conceptualisations, we report the findings of a qualitative study of carers’ time use. Sixty-two interviews with carers, male/female, co-resident/…
Developing best practice guidelines for designing living environments for people with dementia and sight loss
The paper considers a process of developing evidence-based design guidelines to be used in environments where people with dementia and sight loss are living. The research involved a systematically conducted literature review and a series of consultations with people affected by dementia and/or sight loss who lived or worked in care homes or in domestic settings. Findings from the literature and the consultations were used in an iterative process …
Ethical Implications of Lifestyle Monitoring Data in Ageing Research
Lifestyle monitoring systems, intelligent proactive systems incorporating passive monitoring capabilities and allowing contemporaneous remote access to data promise potential benefits to service providers, service users and their carers and families and those engaged in ageing research. Research to date has focused primarily on technical issues, generally at the expense of detailed consideration of the ethical issues raised by these systems. The …
Long-term care for older people and EU Law: The position in England and Scotland
To what extent, if at all, is the current legal position on long-term care for older people in England and Scotland potentially inconsistent with the UK's obligations in EU law? The implications of EU law for UK healthcare provision have been tracked by the literature, exploited by litigation (Case C–372/04 Watts [2006] ECR I–4325, BetterCare [2002] CAT 7), and covered in EU legislation (Directive 2011/24/EU). However, long-term care for older pe…
Some Useful Sources on Harm, Abuse, Agency and Resilience Across the Lifespan
The URL addresses listed here access websites holding an array of electronic resources relevant to the understanding of harm, abuse, agency and resilience across the lifespan. Many websites include links to additional reports, research papers, reviews and other sources of information. Due to the breadth of subject area and limitations on available space, the websites should be regarded as an indicative sample rather than an exhaustive list of rel…
Future costs of long-term care for older people – some useful sources
The websites listed here provide electronic resources relevant to different aspects of the costs of long-term care. Many include links to additional reports, research papers, reviews and other sources of information. They should be regarded as a representative sample rather than an exhaustive list of relevant information currently available on the Internet. Only English language sites have been included. All website addresses were available on 30…
Time for care: Exploring time use by carers of older people
The paper focuses on temporal aspects of informal caring for older people. Limitations of large-scale surveys in capturing such data are noted and time-use methodology, despite its own limitations, is proposed as a promising alternative. Adopting a critical perspective on time that includes carers’ own conceptualisations, we report the findings of a qualitative study of carers’ time use. Sixty-two interviews with carers, male/female, co-resident/…
Developing best practice guidelines for designing living environments for people with dementia and sight loss
The paper considers a process of developing evidence-based design guidelines to be used in environments where people with dementia and sight loss are living. The research involved a systematically conducted literature review and a series of consultations with people affected by dementia and/or sight loss who lived or worked in care homes or in domestic settings. Findings from the literature and the consultations were used in an iterative process …
Future costs of long-term care for older people – some useful sources
The websites listed here provide electronic resources relevant to different aspects of the costs of long-term care. Many include links to additional reports, research papers, reviews and other sources of information. They should be regarded as a representative sample rather than an exhaustive list of relevant information currently available on the Internet. Only English language sites have been included. All website addresses were available on 30…
Some Useful Sources on Harm, Abuse, Agency and Resilience Across the Lifespan
The URL addresses listed here access websites holding an array of electronic resources relevant to the understanding of harm, abuse, agency and resilience across the lifespan. Many websites include links to additional reports, research papers, reviews and other sources of information. Due to the breadth of subject area and limitations on available space, the websites should be regarded as an indicative sample rather than an exhaustive list of rel…
Ethical Implications of Lifestyle Monitoring Data in Ageing Research
Lifestyle monitoring systems, intelligent proactive systems incorporating passive monitoring capabilities and allowing contemporaneous remote access to data promise potential benefits to service providers, service users and their carers and families and those engaged in ageing research. Research to date has focused primarily on technical issues, generally at the expense of detailed consideration of the ethical issues raised by these systems. The …
Long-term care for older people and EU Law: The position in England and Scotland
To what extent, if at all, is the current legal position on long-term care for older people in England and Scotland potentially inconsistent with the UK's obligations in EU law? The implications of EU law for UK healthcare provision have been tracked by the literature, exploited by litigation (Case C–372/04 Watts [2006] ECR I–4325, BetterCare [2002] CAT 7), and covered in EU legislation (Directive 2011/24/EU). However, long-term care for older pe…
Developing best practice guidelines for designing living environments for people with dementia and sight loss
The paper considers a process of developing evidence-based design guidelines to be used in environments where people with dementia and sight loss are living. The research involved a systematically conducted literature review and a series of consultations with people affected by dementia and/or sight loss who lived or worked in care homes or in domestic settings. Findings from the literature and the consultations were used in an iterative process …
Time for care: Exploring time use by carers of older people
The paper focuses on temporal aspects of informal caring for older people. Limitations of large-scale surveys in capturing such data are noted and time-use methodology, despite its own limitations, is proposed as a promising alternative. Adopting a critical perspective on time that includes carers’ own conceptualisations, we report the findings of a qualitative study of carers’ time use. Sixty-two interviews with carers, male/female, co-resident/…
Using Technology the Right Way to Support Social Connectedness for Older People in the Era of Covid-19
The restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic pose significant risks to the human rights of older people from limitations in how people are able to engage with their social lives and from increased risk of discrimination linked to conceptualization of COVID-19 as a disease of the old. Further, COVID-19 increases risks of social isolation through public health and societal responses such as lockdowns. These responses have resulted …
Care home residents on the move: The significance of cultural context for physical activity
Increased physical activity is widely promoted as beneficial for older people, but previous research indicates this may be difficult to implement in care homes, especially for people with dementia who form an increasing proportion of residents. Care home cultures can mitigate against physical activity for residents, but there is also scope for them to embed personalised physical activity. They are under-researched, but significant in terms of out…
Development of an intervention programme theory to increase movement in care homes for people with cognitive impairment: Care homes achieving realistic movement strategies (CHARMS)
There is an increase in both the number of people living in care homes, and the cognitive impairments they experience. Some of these experiences of cognitive impairments can be improved by appropriate movement and physical activity interventions, delivered in ways which take into account an individual's preferences, needs and abilities. A clear intervention programme theory (how we expect an intervention to work) can improve effectiveness, accept…
Housing Design Evaluation Research for People Living with Cognitive Change: A Systematic Literature Review
Research suggests that improvements to home design may enable us to live better with cognitive change as we age. However, few innovations have been fully evaluated. The paper systematically reviews 47 items of evaluative literature. Research design and quality are varied. Qualitative analysis of literature demonstrates the need for a holistic approach that includes older people’s diverse perspectives, examples of promising practice that responds …
Scaling home designs for healthy cognitive ageing: A realist evaluation perspective
We present an empirically grounded theory of change (ToC) to support delivery at scale of home design for healthy cognitive ageing. Using a realist evaluation lens, we analyse how contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes (CMO) identified in the ‘Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing’ (DesHCA) research shape scalability. Design principles and features were co-produced with older adults and housing professionals through VR-supported workshops, and…
Medicine (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Internet privacy (4 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (4 works)