Dr Megan Polden

Research Overview

I have recently been awarded a 2-year research fellowship funded by the NIHR and the Alzheimer’s Society, allowing me to examine singing and dancing support services and their impacts on people living with dementia and their carers. Working alongside Dr Clarissa Giebel, Dr Kerry Hanna, Prof Carol Holland and in collaboration with The Brain Charity and Lyrics and Lunch, we will examine the effects of these services on mood, quality of life, cognition and social isolation for people living with dementia. We hope to use the findings from this research project to create recommendations for the future delivery of effective singing and dancing groups for people living with dementia. We hope that our research will help improve access to these extremely beneficial support services and emphasise the positive impact of singing and dancing groups for people living with dementia and their carers.