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Fiona Kelly
Dr Fiona Kelly is a lecturer, Division of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University. She is an experienced academic in the dementia field; having lectured in dementia studies at undergraduate and postgraduate level and been involved in numerous psycho-social research projects since graduating with her Ph.D. in 2007. Her philosophical and research interests include human rights, selfhood in dementia, end of life care, dementia friendly design, assistive technology, service evaluation, exploring cultures of care and hearing the views and opinions of people with dementia and those who support them. Research skills include ethnography, interviews and focus groups with people with dementia, families and care staff, observational tools (Dementia Care Mapping, Piece-dem), design audit tools (Stirling Design Audit Tool, Environmental Audit Tool), video-recording with people with dementia, qualitative data analysis and writing. She has presented her work nationally and internationally and published widely.