Cheryl Holman

• Care for older people
• Dementia care
• Emotion work
• Action research
• Psychosocial methods

I have developed a research methodology that explores and enhances care staff's capacity for complex emotion work. In collaboration with Professor Julienne Meyer I have presented at National and International conferences. The blend of psychosocial and action based research methods has led to consultations and shared working with My Home Life (Age UK and City University) and Admiral Nurses (Dementia UK) and the Tavistock and Portman clinic. My work has attracted PhD students using similar approaches to research with frail older people (Nicholson et al 2012) rehabilitation for older people Cooper et al 2013) and care for older people in residential care (Dudman current). 

I am an experienced nurse academic specialising in the care for older people and nurse education. I started my working life as a practitioner and leader in the clinical care for older people. Most of my career has been concerned with education and research in nursing and older people’s care. I have organised and delivered education from diploma level through to PhD.

In 2013 I joined the University of Hertfordshire. I am the Programme Tutor for the MSc in Contemporary Nursing and I contribute to the Dementia Champions project led by Professor Claire Goodman. I hope to use my experience and skills to develop practitioners’ capacity to sensitively deliver practical and emotional care for older people. I plan to contribute to the research agenda by joining a supervision team for PhD students studying in my field.

In my PhD I studied the experience of living bereavement for staff and residents in a continuing care environment. Much of my education delivery and research interest focus on exploring and developing emotional care for older people in areas such as bereavement and end of life care.  I have a good reputation for providing clinical supervision. I have supervised groups of practitioners from My Home Life (Age UK and City University) and Admiral Nurses (Dementia UK) as well as NHS multidisciplinary teams in acute and continuing care for older people.

I developed excellent management and leadership skills in my roles as Programme Director for the pre-registration nursing programme and Divisional Lead of the Adult Years Division at City University.

I have a wide range of experience in the delivery of education nurses at undergraduate and post graduate levels. My teaching specialism is the care for older people and teaching methods aimed at developing the capacity of students to sensitively deliver practical and emotioanl care. Listed below are my experiences in delivering education.

Post-graduate studies

• PhD supervisor (City University)
• Programme Tutor MSc in Contemporary Nursing
• Masters Dissertation Module leader for post qualified nurses
• Masters Dissertation Module leader for pre-qualified nurses
• Qualitative Research Module leader

 Undergraduate studies

• Programme Director for Adult Nursing Programme. Includes management and leadership of all processes such as admissions, assessments, content delivery and graduation. (City University)
• Profession Nursing and Midwifery Knowledge in year 1,2 & 3 (pre-qualification studies)
• Life Experience Placement (care for older people)
• Fundamental Aspects of Care in years 1,2 & 3 (pre-qualification studies)
• Management and delivery of study skills content

 Commissioned  projects/consultancies

• Work based learning for Dementia Champions (West Herts Community)
• Developing a Research Proposal for NIHR (UCH Research Nurses)
• Education and support of activities related to Partnership with Care Homes and My Home Life (Age UK and City University)
• Supervision for Admiral Nurses (Dementia UK)