Jacqueline Crowther is a Registered Mental Health Nurse, an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Liverpool and Project Manager of a Dementia “Buddy” Volunteer scheme.
She has a strong clinical background working with people with dementia and the range of carers who support them in a variety of contexts and environments across the disease trajectory, including end of life. She has co-ordinated dementia research projects within Higher Education Institutions, completed her own dementia research projects for undergraduate and post graduate studies and completed her PhD in End of Life Care and dementia at the University of Liverpool in 2012. Jacqueline was instrumental in the development and implementation of the innovative Dementia End of Life Care Practice Development Team in Cheshire and was the Dementia Lead on a yearlong project with Hospice UK and Hope for Home exploring the role of hospice in dementia care resulting in the recent launch of a resource for hospices to support hospice enabled dementia care. She has recently been appointed as Project Manager for the Dementia “Buddy” Volunteer scheme at East Cheshire Hospice in Macclesfield. A yearlong project developing and introducing a new volunteer service to be based within the hospice day service supporting people with dementia and their carers.
