Newcastle University

Qualifications

BSc Hons Psychology (University of London)
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (University of London)
MSc Social Research Methods (University of Surrey)

Memberships

Psychology Specialists Working with Older People (PSIGE)

Projects

• Implementing healthier menus in residential care homes for older people: evaluation of barriers, facilitators and the impact on dietary intake
  Project Leader(s): Prof Paula Moynihan, Prof Chris Seal, Prof Carl May, Prof Ashley Adamson, Mr Mark Deverill
• mappmal: multidisciplinary approach to develop a prototype for the prevention of malnutrition in older people: products, people, places and procedures
  Project Leader(s): Prof Paula Moynihan, Prof Carl May, Prof Patrick Olivier, Prof Alastair Macdonald (Glasgow School of Art), Dr Lisa Methven (University of Reading), Prof Margot Gosney (University of Reading).

Undergraduate Teaching

None

Postgraduate Teaching

None

• Robinson L, Dickinson C, Bamford C, Clark A, Hughes J, Exley C. A qualitative study: Professionals' experiences of advance care planning in dementia and palliative care, 'a good idea in theory but...'. Palliative Medicine 2013, 27(5), 401-408.
• Heaven B, Bamford C, May CR, Moynihan P. Food work and feeding assistance on hospital wards. Sociology of Health and Illness 2013, (epub ahead of print).
• Macdonald AS, Teal G, Bamford C, Moynihan PJ. Hospitalfoodie: an interprofessional case study of the redesign of the nutritional management and monitoring system for vulnerable older hospital patients. Quality in Primary Care 2012, 20(3), 169-177.
• Bamford C, Heaven B, May CR, Moynihan P. Implementing nutrition guidelines for older people in residential care homes: a qualitative study using Normalization Process Theory. Implementation Science 2012, 7(1), 106.
• Bamford C, Macdonald AS, Teal G. Redesigning hospital food services for vulnerable older patients. Touchpoint, The Journal of Service Design 2012, 3(3), 36-41.
• Kirkley C, Bamford C, Poole M, Arksey H, Hughes J, Bond J. The impact of organisational culture on the delivery of person-centred care in services providing respite cre and short breaks for people with dementia. Health and Social Care in the Community 2011, 19(4), 498-448.
• Heaven B, Bamford C, May C, Moynihan P. When 30-40cms becomes a problem: Feeding, food-work and the space between patient and plate on hospital wards. In: Newcastle Human Nutrition Research Centre – research Day. 2010, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• Heaven B, Bamford C, May C, Moynihan P. When 30-40cms becomes a problem: Feeding, food-work and the space between patient and plate on hospital wards. . In: British Sociological Association - Medical Sociology Conference. 2010, Durham University, UK.
• Rapley TJ, Heaven B, Bamford C, May C. How the logics of research make researchers a problem: The dynamics of interaction between epistemic communities. In: British Sociological Association: Medical Sociology Conference. 2009, University of Manchester, UK.
• Rapley TJ, Heaven B, Bamford C, May C. How the logics of research make researchers a problem: The dynamics of interaction between epistemic communities. In: Follow the conflict: Ethnography in fields of tension, ethnography as field of tension. 2009, Department of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
• Bamford C, Heaven B, May C, Moynihan P. Implementing healthier menus in care homes for older people. In: Gerontological Society of America 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• Bamford C, Lamont S, Eccles M, Robinson L, May C, Bond J. Disclosing a diagnosis of dementia: A systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2004, 19(2), 151-169.
• Nicholas E, Qureshi H, Bamford C. Outcomes Into Practice: Focusing Practice and Information on the Outcomes People Value: a Resource Pack for Managers and Trainers. University of York, York, UK: Social Policy Research Unit, 2004.
• Coady DA, Bamford C, Walker DJ, Kay LJ. Examination Skills for Medical Students: Results of a National Questionnaire. Rheumatology 2003, 42(S1), 68.
• Clare L, Bamford C, Harris P. Involving people with dementia in research and service development. In: 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. 2003, San Diego, CA: Oxford University Press.
• McColl E, Jacoby A, Thomas L, Soutter J, Bamford C, Steen N, Thomas R, Harvey E, Garratt A, Bond J. Design and use of questionnaires: A review of best practice applicable to surveys of health service staff and patients. Health Technology Assessment 2002, 5(31), 1-250.
• Coady DA, Bamford C, Walker DJ, Kay LJ. Examination skills for medical students: Results of a pilot questionnaire. In: Arthritis & Rheumatism: 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. 2002, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Eccles M, Bamford C, Bond J, Robinson L. Improving the detection of dementia in primary care: A case control study. In: 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. 2002, Boston, MA: Oxford University Press.
• Bamford C, Bruce E. Success and challenges in using focus groups with older people with dementia. In: Wilkinson, H, ed. The Perspectives of People with Dementia: Research Methods and Motivations. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002, pp.139-164.
• Lamont S, Bamford C, May C, Bond J, Eccles M. The role of priming networks in diagnostic disclosure in dementia. In: 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. 2002, Boston, MA: Oxford University Press.
• Heaton J, Bamford C. Assessing the outcomes of equipment and adaptations: Issues and approaches. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 2001, 64(7), 346-356.
• Bamford C, May C, Eccles M, Bond J. Dementia: views of clinicians in primary and secondary care. In: 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. 2001, Chicago, IL: Oxford University Press.
• Bamford C, Lamont S. Improving diagnosis of dementia in primary care. Journal of Dementia Care 2001, 9(6), 37-.
• McColl E, Jacoby A, Thomas L, Soutter J, Bamford C, Steen N, Thomas R, Harvey E, Garratt A, Bond J. The conduct and design of questionnaire surveys in healthcare research. In: Stevens, AJ; Abrams, KR; Brazier, J; Fitzpatrick, R; Lilford, RJ, ed. The Advanced Handbook of Methods in Evidence Based Healthcare. London: Sage, 2001, pp.247-271.
• Harris J, Bamford C. The Uphill Struggle: Services for Deaf and hard of hearing people - Issues of equality, participation and access. Disability and Society 2001, 16(7), 969-979.
• Bamford C, Bruce E. Defining the outcomes of community care: the perspectives of older people with dementia and their carers. Ageing and Society 2000, 20(5), 543-570.
• Buck D, Resource Implications, Bamford C, Bond J, Gregson B. Psychological morbidity among informal caregivers of older people: a 2-year follow-up study. The Resource Implications Study Group of the MRC study of cognitive function and ageing. Psychological Medicine 2000, 30(4), 943-955.
• E. McColl,A. Jacoby,L. Thomas,J. Soutter,C. Bamford,A. Garratt,E. Harvey,R. Thomas,J. Bond. Designing and using patient and staff questionnaires. In: N. Black;J. Brazier;R. Fitzpatrick;B. Reeves, ed. Methods for health care services research. London: BMJ Books, 1998, pp.46-58.
• P. McNamee,B. Gregson,K. Wright,D. Buck,C.H. Bamford,J. Bond. Estimation of a multiproduct cost function for physically frail older people. Health Economics 1998, 7, 701-710.
• RIS MRC CFAS Resource Implications Study Group of the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, Buck D., Gregson B.A., Bamford C.H., McNamee P., Farrow G.N. et al. Psychological distress among informal supporters of frail older people at home and in institutions. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 1997, 12, 737-744.