Staff Profiles

Katie is Professor of Applied Health Research & Ageing in the Population Health Sciences Institute. Katie is a social gerontologist with an educational background in sociology. This has enabled her to pursue her research interests in the social impact that illness can have on the lives of older people. During her time as an applied health researcher Katie has researched and published widely around the impact of ill health on older people and their carers. More recently her work has focused around how aspects of the physical, social and technological environment pose challenges and opportunities for older people and their wider community.

• Maniatopoulos G, Hopkins C, Joyce TJ, Brittain K. Framing the failure of medical implants: Media representations of the ASR hip replacements in the UK. Health Expectations 2019, 22(3), 518-527.
• Gibson G, Dickinson C, Brittain K, Robinson L. Personalisation, customisation and bricolage: how people with dementia and their families make assistive technology work for them. Ageing and Society 2019, 39(11), 2502-2519.
• Stocker R, Bamford C, Brittain K, Duncan R, Moffatt S, Robinson L, Hanratty B. Care home services at the vanguard: stakeholder views on the development and evaluation of novel, integrated approaches to enhancing health care in care homes. BMJ Open 2018, 8, e017419.
• Lawson RA, Collerton D, Taylor JP, Burn DJ, Brittain KR. Coping with cognitive impairment and Parkinson’s disease: perspectives from patients and carers. Parkinson's Disease 2018, 2018, 1362053.
• Lavrencic LM, Richardson C, Harrison SL, Muniz-Terrera G, Keage HAD, Brittain K, Kirkwood TBL, Jagger C, Robinson L, Stephan BCM. Is There a Link between Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Function in the Oldest-Old?. Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2018, 73(4), 499-505.
• Morrissey K, Garbett A, Wright P, Olivier P, Jenkins EI, Brittain K. Care and Connect: Exploring Dementia-Friendliness Through an Online Community Commissioning Platform. In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2017, Denver, Colorado, USA: ACM.
• Wiblin L, Durcan R, Lee M, Brittain K. The Importance of Connection to Others in QoL in MSA and PSP. Parkinson's Disease 2017, 2017, 5283259.
• Patterson R, Standing H, Lee M, Dalkin S, Lhussier M, Exley C, Brittain K. Paramedic information needs in end of life care: a qualitative interview study exploring access to a shared electronic record as a potential solution. BMC Palliative Care 2019, 18(108).
• Robinson L, Brittain KR, Lindsay S, Jackson D, Olivier P. Keeping In Touch Everyday (KITE) project: developing assistive technologies with people with dementia and their carers to promote independence. International Psychogeriatrics 2009, 21(3), 494-502.
• Robinson L, Hutchings D, Corner L, Finch T, Hughes J, Brittain K, Bond J. Balancing rights and risks: Conflicting perspectives in the management of wandering in dementia. Health, Risk and Society 2007, 9(4), 389-406.
• Brittain KR, Shaw C. The social consequences of living with and dealing with incontinence-A carers perspective. Social Science and Medicine 2007, 65(6), 1274-1283.