Bethany McLoughlin
Thesis Title: Support Groups for People Affected by Dementia: Experiences of Online and Face-to-Face Support Groups
From March 2020 to May 2021 support groups in the UK were not permitted to meet face-to-face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, groups were either cancelled or moved to an online format. Prior to this online support groups for people affected by dementia were very uncommon, and so the pandemic created an opportunity to examine the widespread use of online support for this population. Through interviews and questionnaires the experiences and preferences of people affected with dementia about online and face-to-face support groups will be explored, and recommendations about best practice for support groups will be made based on the available evidence.
Biography
Bethany McLoughlin is undertaking a PhD in Health Sciences at Warwick Medical School within the Unit of Academic Primary Care. Bethany completed a BSc in Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol before going on to complete an MSc in Dementia Neuroscience at UCL and an MA in Social Science Research at the University of Warwick. Bethany's research interests involve wellbeing in people living with dementia and caregivers of people living with dementia.
Publications
McLoughlin, B. (2022). Group-Based Interventions for Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review. Innovation in aging, 6(3), igac011.
McLoughlin, B., Benhamou, E., Sivasathiaseelan, H., Hardy, C. J., Bond, R. L., Russell, L. L., ... & Agustus, J. L. (2020). Audiovisual integration improves task performance in AD and bvFTD: Neuropsychology/Neuropsychological correlates of physiologic markers of cognitive decline/Dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16, e042118.
Health & Wellbeing
University of Warwick
2019 Cohort, 1+3
bethany.mcloughlin@warwick.ac.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethany-mcloughlin
Supervisory Team
Prof Jeremy Dale
Dr Helen Atherton
Dr John MacArtney