Dementia education and training for workplace excellence
By Leah Macaden, 1 May 2026
Fellow's Profile
Leah Macaden
Fellow's Profile
Leah Macaden
Dementia nurse education and training to promote dementia care excellence
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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Improving dementia care through new teaching models for nurses
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2019
- Supported by
- Locality
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Scotland
Contact
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and the Lead for Internationalisation at the University of the Highlands and Islands, based in Inverness.
The focus of my Fellowship was to explore models and pedagogical approaches to dementia education and training in the USA, Singapore and India. Given the dementia prevalence nationally and globally, I am keen to ensure that we provide world-class and excellent dementia education and training, focusing my academic citizenship and educational leadership on dementia nurse higher education in Scotland. I passionately believe that every nurse needs to continue to invest in the 'world bank of nursing' for future nurses to draw from – my investment is in dementia education. I have pioneered innovation and excellence in dementia nurse education by developing two innovative dementia curricula: Being Dementia Smart (2013), and Dementia Enhanced Education to promote Excellence (2017). More recently, as a recipient of the Covid-19 Action Fund, I have developed Covid-19 Dementia Education for Care Homes (CODECH), to train care home staff using a blended approach.
The Fellowship has been an opportunity of a lifetime to build bridges for dementia education.
Ideas
Activity
November 2021 Fellows' update: Leah Macaden
Nursing lecturer Leah Macaden (CF 2019) presented at the Alzheimer Europe virtual conference this month. Leah shared details of her Covid-19 Action Fund project, which is developing a model of Covid-19 training for care home workers.
By Leah Macaden, 30 November 2021
September 2021 Fellows' update: Leah Macaden
Nursing lecturer Leah Macaden (CF 2019) has written a blog about her Covid-19 Action Fund project to mark World Alzheimer’s Day this month. Leah has used her Action Fund grant to develop a model of Covid-19 training for care-home workers.
By Leah Macaden, 30 September 2021
July 2021 Fellow's update: Leah Macaden
Nursing lecturer Leah Macaden (CF 2019) has developed dementia training for care home staff in Scotland, which she delivered this month. Leah developed this with her Covid-19 Action Fund project, in collaboration with Ann Pascoe (CF 2012) and Ruth Mantle (CF 2015).
By Leah Macaden, 31 July 2021
Dementia education for care home workers
By Leah Macaden, 24 March 2021
Acknowledgements
University of the Highlands & Islands, University of Edinburgh
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Dementia education and training for workplace excellence
By Leah Macaden, 1 May 2026
Activity
November 2021 Fellows' update: Leah Macaden
Nursing lecturer Leah Macaden (CF 2019) presented at the Alzheimer Europe virtual conference this month. Leah shared details of her Covid-19 Action Fund project, which is developing a model of Covid-19 training for care home workers.
By Leah Macaden, 30 November 2021
September 2021 Fellows' update: Leah Macaden
Nursing lecturer Leah Macaden (CF 2019) has written a blog about her Covid-19 Action Fund project to mark World Alzheimer’s Day this month. Leah has used her Action Fund grant to develop a model of Covid-19 training for care-home workers.
By Leah Macaden, 30 September 2021
July 2021 Fellow's update: Leah Macaden
Nursing lecturer Leah Macaden (CF 2019) has developed dementia training for care home staff in Scotland, which she delivered this month. Leah developed this with her Covid-19 Action Fund project, in collaboration with Ann Pascoe (CF 2012) and Ruth Mantle (CF 2015).
By Leah Macaden, 31 July 2021
Dementia education for care home workers
By Leah Macaden, 24 March 2021
Acknowledgements
University of the Highlands & Islands, University of Edinburgh
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
