Naomi Smith
Research Fellow
contact:
Applied Social Science
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 644530
Email: nms4@brighton.ac.uk
Research interests
- Working creatively with people with dementia
- Older people and social care
- Developing research skills in the practitioner base
- Non-traditional learners and their narratives
- Using creative and observational methodologies
Current projects
- Dance and Dementia Project
- External Evaluation of the Alzheimer's Society Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP)
Main interests
Between 2003-2011 my primary role was the co-ordination and development of Making Research Count Brighton, a subscription-based partnership with local authorities developing evidence-informed practice in social work, social care and the interfaces with health and education.
My broader research interests, alongside this programme, have been older people and care practice, including projects on the prevention and personalisation agendas. More recently I have developed an interest in dementia, particularly the maintenance of identity and personhood and the involvement of people with dementia in creative activities. I am working in partnership with other academics and practitioners developing a project working creatively with people with dementia using dance. The results of a short pilot study on this were published in 2012.
Reports
Barnes, Marian, Cotterell, P., Smith, Naomi, Rainey, C., Hughes, Di and Davies, S. (2009) Working towards prevention: the independent evaluation of West Sussex Partnerships for Older People Project (POPP) West Sussex County Council, Chichester.
Barnes, Marian, Smith, Naomi and Stenner, Paul (2008) So what do human rights mean to you? A study of how older people think and talk about human rights SSPARC, University of Brighton, Brighton.
Smith, Naomi (2007) Learners' journeys: gateway to learning research project HSPRC, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
Smith, Naomi, Banks, Laura and O'Connell, Paul (2007) Age Concern older people and alcohol project: interim report scoping study HSPRC, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
Smith, Naomi (2006) Registered managers award (RMA) evaluation project University of Brighton.
Balloch, Susan, Banks, Laura, Hill, Michael, Smith, Naomi and Szanto, Clare (2004) East Sussex, Brighton and Hove workforce mapping study University of Brighton, Health and Social Policy Research Centre, Brighton, UK. (Unpublished)
Squires, Peter and Smith, Naomi (2002) Neighbourhood wardens in a rural village environment: an independent evaluation of the Ashington Village, West Sussex, neighbourhood warden scheme University of Brighton, Health and Social Policy Research Centre, Brighton, UK.
Conference papers
Banks, L and Smith, N (2010) Whose responsibility? Looking at individual and collective based approaches to prevention work with older people. Social Policy Association Conference, Lincoln University, 6th July 2010
www.social-policy.org.uk/lincoln/Banks.pdf (221Kb)
