Ann qualified as a Registered General Nurse (RGN) in South Manchester in 1987 and as an Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) at Stockport in 1991. Ann has nursed in the fields of elderly care, acquired brain injury, Marie Curie Nursing, neuro-rehabilitation and older people’s mental health. She completed a post graduate diploma in dementia studies with Stirling University in 2011 and was part of a team on a Kings Fund Enhancing the Healing Environment project , from 2009 – 2012, where the team developed a roof terrace for patients with dementia on the hospital’s second floor to gain free access to outdoor space. The roof terrace was officially opened in June 2012. Since July 2012 Ann has worked as a specialist nurse in dementia for end of life, developing and leading the dementia service based at Willow Wood Hospice in Tameside, Lancashire, visiting people with dementia wherever they are living to bring the skills of the hospice out to them.
