INTERDEM MEMBERS – BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE Please complete this document (no more than 3 pages) and return to [email protected]Please can you also add a picture of yourself NAME: Kritika Samsi TITLE: Dr PROFESIONAL GROUPING: Gerontologist, psychologist WORK ADDRESS: NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, Strand, London, United Kingdom TEL. WORK/WORK MOBILE: 020 7848 1665 EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]WEBLINK: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scwru/people/samsi/index PRESENT POSITION (e.g. Director of ………): Research fellow HIGHEST ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION (e.g. PhD, MD etc.): PhD PROFILE OF MEMBER: Kritika Samsi is Research Fellow at the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit. She has worked in dementia care research for over 10 years using qualitative methodology to investigate a wide range of studies: (1) if there is an optimal time for people with dementia to move into a care home; (2) service needs of older homeless people with cognitive impairment; (3) views of home care staff providing end of life care to people with dementia at home; (4) implementation of the Mental Capacity Act and its relevance for people with dementia; (5) transitions in identity from experiencing 'memory problems' to 'having dementia', amongst others. She is currently Principal Investigator on an Alzheimer's Society funded study investigating respite services for carers of people with dementia: experiences, access and outcomes. She is also Senior Fellow of the
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INTERDEM MEMBERS – BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE Please complete this document (no more than 3 pages) and return to [email protected]
Please can you also add a picture of yourself
NAME: Kritika Samsi TITLE: Dr PROFESIONAL GROUPING: Gerontologist, psychologist WORK ADDRESS: NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, Strand, London, United Kingdom TEL. WORK/WORK MOBILE: 020 7848 1665 EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] WEBLINK: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scwru/people/samsi/index PRESENT POSITION (e.g. Director of ………): Research fellow HIGHEST ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION (e.g. PhD, MD etc.): PhD PROFILE OF MEMBER: Kritika Samsi is Research Fellow at the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit. She has worked in dementia care research for over 10 years using qualitative methodology to investigate a wide range of studies: (1) if there is an optimal time for people with dementia to move into a care home; (2) service needs of older homeless people with cognitive impairment; (3) views of home care staff providing end of life care to people with dementia at home; (4) implementation of the Mental Capacity Act and its relevance for people with dementia; (5) transitions in identity from experiencing 'memory problems' to 'having dementia', amongst others.
She is currently Principal Investigator on an Alzheimer's Society funded study investigating respite services for carers of people with dementia: experiences, access and outcomes. She is also Senior Fellow of the
NIHR School for Social Care Research; (joint) book reviews editor at Ageing & Society; and a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel for Alzheimer's Disease International.
She jointly leads the Qualitative Research Methods module which attracts a number of students from different MSc courses at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience; and supervises MSc students' dissertations. She also co-chairs the Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum, a group of stakeholders interested in dementia care home research which meets quarterly.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Qualitative research methodologies, social care workforce, care homes, home care, respite care, day centres
KEY PUBLICATIONS (Max. 5): Manthorpe, J., Samsi, K., Joly, L. M. A., Crane, M. A., Gage, H., Bowling, A. & Nilforooshan, R. (2019). Service provision for older homeless people with memory problems: a mixed methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 4 Mar, 9 ed. 271 p. Yeh, I., Samsi, K., Vandrevala, T. & Manthorpe, J. (Accepted/In press). Constituents of effective support for homecare workers providing care to people with dementia at end of life. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Cole, L., Samsi, K. & Manthorpe, J. (2018) Is there an “optimal time” to move to a care home for a person with dementia? A systematic review of the literature, International Psychogeriatrics. Abrams, R., Vandrevala, T., Samsi, K. & Manthorpe, J. (2018) The need for flexibility when negotiating professional boundaries in the context of home care, dementia and end of life, Ageing & Society. Manthorpe, J. & Samsi, K. (2017), Person-centered dementia care: Current perspectives, Clinical Interventions in Aging, 11: 1733-1740. RELEVANT RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Please indicate for past 5 years only (i) Grants Awarded: Names of investigators; Years; Title of Project; name of awarding agency (ii) PhD and other projects: Title, start or competed date. Chief Investigator, Alzheimer’s Society - Taking a break: Use of residential respite or short break services by people with dementia and carers: experiences, access, outcomes; £172,558.90 Chief Investigator, NIHR School for Social Care Research – Investigating “optimal time”: Multiple perspectives on the timing of moving into care homes by people with dementia; £434, 780. Co-investigator, Dunhill Medical Trust – The experiences of the home care workforce in providing care up to the end of life for older people with dementia; £66,994 (CI: Professor Jill Manthorpe). Co-investigator, NIHR School for Social Care Research – Risk, safeguarding and personal budgets: Exploring relationships and identifying good practice; £226,468. (CI: Dr Martin Stevens). Co-investigator, NIHR Service Delivery Organisation Funding Programme – Service provision for older people who are homeless and have memory problems; £348,729. (CI: Professor Jill Manthorpe). NIHR School for Social Care Research – Risk, safeguarding and personal budgets: Exploring relationships and identifying good practice; £226,468. (CI: Dr Martin Stevens). Advising on: Supporting community-dwelling people with dementia and their carers with oral health: An exploratory study of everyday experiences and challenges. PI: Professor Jenny Gallager, Co-I: Dr Sarah Curtis, Dental Institute, King’s College London. Outcome measurement in functional neurological disorder – exploring the views of patients and other stakeholders. PI: Professor Reza Razavi, Co-I: Dr Susannah Pick; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/ONGOING PROJECT TITLE: (Please see above).
