Lead clinician in an academic nursing practice, School of Nursing, Dublin City University (DCU)

Kate Irving joined DCU in 2006 from UCD where she worked on Ireland’s First HRB funded project in Nursing Deicsion Making. Kate’s PhD was completed in Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, 2001: Case studies in the use of restraints. Kate is currently coordinates the Dementia Champion Module for the Health Service Executive, the Masters in Dementia programme, the North Dublin Alzheimer’s Café, and Clinical Lead in the Memory Works Clinic. Her doctoral thesis focused on the care of people with dementia in acute medical wards. For the last decade she has focused on research in the area of dementia prevention and treatment. Funded research projects include, IN MINDD (Innovative Midlife Intervention for Dementia Deterrence), Dem@care, Ambient Assisted Living for the promotion of independence in dementia, REMPAD, reminiscence therapy aided by intelligent multimedia search systems, SenseCam and cognitive stimulation therapy for early dementia care, Cognitive reserve and cognitive health.