Biography
Dr Laura Cole is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the MSc in Dementia Care at the University of West London, and Visiting Research Fellow at King's.
Laura has a background in psychology and worked with older people with cognitive problems and dementia for fourteen years in various clinical, care and research settings; and worked at the Unit from 2016 to early 2021. Prior to her academic posts, she worked in a memory clinic as a research psychologist completing neuropsychological tests with people with cognitive impairment to help aid their diagnosis and treatment for their particular type of dementia. She also worked as a care manager in an older people’s team in London, and as a care assistant in a specialist dementia unit that supported people with chronic mental health problems and severe symptoms of dementia.
Laura is a mixed-methods researcher. Her work at the Unit included an Alzheimer’s Society funded study exploring the views and experiences of people with dementia and their family carers on residential respite services. In previous dementia care research, Laura investigated the timing of a move to a care home, continence management (or problems with using the toilet) for people living at home, and effectiveness of reminiscence art groups in improving quality of life for residents living in care homes.
She taught ‘Ethics’ on the Qualitative Research Methods module for MSc and Summer School students at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience; and has been a regular guest lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London’s MSc Social Work course teaching communication skills with people with dementia. Laura became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2018.
Laura is a council member of the Geriatric and Gerontology section at the Royal Society of Medicine, and a member of the editorial board for Dementia: Journal of International Social Research and Practice. She is also a member of the British Society of Gerontology, and INTERDEM (a pan-European network of researchers aiming to improve the quality of life of people with dementia).
Laura was the convenor and chair for the Home Care Research Forum at HSCWRU.
Laura Cole: ORCID iD | Research Profile at King's
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Cole, L., Drennan, V., Manthorpe, J., Hatzidimitriadou, E. & Iliffe, S., Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Dementia. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Samsi, K., Cole, L., Orellana, K. & Manthorpe, J., 12 Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5680
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Samsi, K., Cole, L. & Manthorpe, J., 19 Jun 2021, In: Aging & mental health. 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1947963
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Samsi, K., Cole, L. & Manthorpe, J., 29 Oct 2020, London: NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, The Policy Institute, King's College London. 30 p. Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Drennan, V. M. & Cole, L., 2010, Journal of Clinical Nursing. Vol. 19. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
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Drennan, V. M., Cole, L., Donovan, S. & Grant, R. L., 2011, Gerontologist. Vol. 53. p. 447-447 1 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
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Lloyd, J., Nicholson, H., Keating, F. & Cole, L., 2015, London: Royal Holloway, University of London. Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Samsi, K., Cole, L. & Manthorpe, J., 2019, Innovation in Aging. S1 ed. Vol. 3. p. S119-S119 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
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Cole, L., Samsi, K. & Manthorpe, J., 2017, Alzheimer's & Dementia. 7 ed. Vol. 13. p. P1172-P1173 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
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Samsi, K., Cole, L. & Manthorpe, J., 2019, London: NIHR School for Social Care Research. Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review