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John is a senior research fellow within the NIHR ARC Wessex, Ageing and Dementia Theme, based in the Faculty of Medicine at University Hospital Southampton.
John’s research interests include digital health technology in the context of long-term neurological conditions and neurodegenerative diseases, young-onset dementia care and psychosocial experiences, and psychosocial measurement including quality of life, mental health, and caregiver burden.
He has experience in qualitative and mixed methods research. John is presently involved in research investigating user experiences of digital health technology and the My Medical Record platform.
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Quality of life (QoL) has seldom been investigated or explicitly measured in young-onset dementia (YoD). The aims of this study were (1) to investigate and compare QoL self- and proxy...
Post-diagnostic care in young-onset dementia (YoD) varies, from something that is occasionally structured, to improvised, to frequently non-existent depending on geographic region. In a few regions in England, a nurse...
The reasons for acute hospital admissions among people with Parkinson’s disease are well documented. However, understanding of crises that are managed in the community is comparatively lacking. Most existing literature...
The use of digital health technology to promote and deliver post diagnostic care in neurological conditions is becoming increasingly common. However, the range of digital tools available across different neurological...
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The use of e-health platforms is expanding rapidly, but their promise of more efficient and effective healthcare will not be...
Digital technology has the potential to help reduce variation in care, make care more personal, improve integration of care, identify...
The Young Onset Dementia Assessment Study (YODA) is a longitudinal prospective cohort study with multiple aims, including: a) Improve the...
Digital health platforms can improve care and support self-management, but only if they actually work and if people make use...
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