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David Challis is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Social Sciences, with a notable focus on General Health Professions, Education, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Sociology and Political Science. The hierarchy and breadth of these research areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach aimed at health-related social challenges.

The scientist's main topics of work include Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Healthcare Innovation and Challenges, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life. Additional prominent themes in their research encompass Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Psychiatric Care and Mental Health Services, as well as Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving.

Among their frequent publication venues are the Journal of Long-Term Care and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), both with five publications each. Other venues include Research Square, the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Programme Grants for Applied Research.

David Challis has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including Jane Hughes, Martin Orrell, Tom Pierse, Fiona Keogh, and Eamon O'Shea. These collaborators have contributed to a range of studies often intersecting across health and social care topics.

Recent publications include:

  • Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: A single-blind, randomised controlled trial (2021, PLoS Medicine)
  • Dementia and mild cognitive impairment in prisoners aged over 50 years in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study (2020, Health Services and Delivery Research)
  • The older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP) versus treatment as usual: a randomised controlled trial (2021, BMC Public Health)
  • The Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) intervention: A goal attainment scaling approach to promote self-management (2020, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
  • Components, impacts and costs of dementia home support: a research programme including the DESCANT RCT (2021, Programme Grants for Applied Research)

Best Publications

  • Core outcome measures for interventions to prevent or slow the progress of dementia for people living with mild to moderate dementia: Systematic review and consensus recommendations

    Lucy Webster;Derek Groskreutz;Anna Grinbergs-Saull Grinbergs-Saull;Rob Howard

  • Evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme: Final Report

    Caroline Glendinning;David Challis;José-Luis Fernández;Sally Jacobs

  • Evaluation of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme

    C Glendinning;DJ Challis;J. L. Fernandez;SR Jacobs

  • Case Management in Community Care

    David J. Challis;Bleddyn P. Davies

  • Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sandeep Toot;Tom Swinson;Mike Devine;David Challis

  • The needs of older people with dementia in residential care

    Geraldine A Hancock;Bob Woods;David Challis;Martin Orrell

  • 'Not knowing where I am doesn't mean I don't know what I like': cognitive impairment and quality of life responses in elderly people.

    Caroline Godlove Mozley;Peter Huxley;Caroline Sutcliffe;Heather Bagley

  • Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care: An Evaluated Demonstration of a Long-Term Care Model

    Bleddyn Davies;David Challis

  • Case management approaches to home support for people with dementia.

    Siobhan Reilly;Claudia Miranda-Castillo;Reem Malouf;Juanita Hoe

  • Activities of daily living and quality of life across different stages of dementia: a UK study

    Clarissa M. Giebel;Caroline Sutcliffe;David Challis

  • Changes in the Quality of Life of People With Dementia Living in Care Homes

    Juanita Hoe;Geraldine Hancock;Gill Livingston;Bob Woods

  • A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: the protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study.

    Hilde Verbeek;Gabriele Meyer;Helena Leino-Kilpi;Adelaida Zabalegui

  • Care management, dementia care and specialist mental health services: an evaluation.

    David J. Challis;Richard von Abendorff;Pamela Brown;John Chesterman

  • Recognition of depression by staff in nursing and residential homes.

    Heather Bagley;Lis Cordingley;Alistair Burns;Caroline Godlove Mozley

  • The needs of people with dementia in care homes: the perspectives of users, staff and family caregivers.

    Martin Orrell;Geraldine A. Hancock;Kumari C. Galboda Liyanage;Bob Woods

  • Care Management and Health Care of Older People: The Darlington Community Care Project

    David Challis

  • Deterioration of basic activities of daily living and their impact on quality of life across different cognitive stages of dementia: a European study

    Clarissa M. Giebel;Caroline Sutcliffe;Minna Stolt;Staffan Karlsson

  • Costs of care for people with dementia just before and after nursing home placement: primary data from eight European countries

    Ansgar Wübker;Sandra Zwakhalen;David Challis;Riitta Suhonen

  • Care Staff working with people with dementia: Training, knowledge and confidence

    Jane Hughes;Heather Bagley;Siobhan Reilly;Alistair Burns

  • Impact of technological, organizational and human resource investments on employee and manufacturing performance: Australian and New Zealand evidence

    D. Challis;D. Samson;B. Lawson

  • Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care

    Bleddyn P. Davies;David J. Challis

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair Burns
Alistair Burns University of Manchester
Ann Netten
Ann Netten University of Kent
Jill Manthorpe
Jill Manthorpe King's College London
Caroline Glendinning
Caroline Glendinning University of York
Peter Huxley
Peter Huxley Bangor University
Roger T. Webb
Roger T. Webb University of Manchester
Linda Davies
Linda Davies University of Manchester
Esme Moniz-Cook
Esme Moniz-Cook University of Hull
Kamaldeep Bhui
Kamaldeep Bhui University of Oxford
Daniela Montaldi
Daniela Montaldi University of Manchester

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