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Justine Schneider

Professor of Mental Health & Social Care
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Nottingham
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Justine has extensive experience in many aspects of applied health research using a wide range of methodologies and approaches. She has particular expertise in mental health service evaluation, carers, care homes, costs and supported employment. Her current work focuses primarily on dementia and staff development, and she is exploring innovative approaches to knowledge exchange in dementia care.

When do we call the fire brigade?
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Justine Schneider -
 December 16, 2015
I am on a suburban London train and eavesdropping on a conversation behind me in an almost-empty carriage. The two ladies are in their sixties, I'd guess, discussing their families. I give up trying to read and settle in to...
Reasons to be cheerful
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 November 17, 2015
There is no way of knowing within a reasonable margin of error whether a person without symptoms will develop dementia of any kind. Yet I think if there were a reliable diagnostic tool I would want to know my risk,...
That's NOT Entertainment
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Justine Schneider -
 September 7, 2015
I've spent the past weekend at a conference on music therapy and dementia at Anglia Ruskin Univeristy, Cambridge. Astonishingly, it was a world first for a conference topic that seems to be of wide interest.  It's clear that music therapy reaches...
"The mens' shed" - dementia care for men
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Justine Schneider -
 August 19, 2015
The Mary Chester club is a day centre in Perth run by the Alzheimer’s Society of Western Australia.  They opened their doors today to hundreds of delegates to the Alzheimer Disease International conference.   A majority of those attending are from...
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