Karen Harrison Dening

Karen has a nursing background spanning over 30 years.  With qualifications in mental health, learning disability and general nursing she made the conscious decision in the early 1980's to specialise in working with people with dementia and their families when old age psychiatry became a focused service in its own right.  From a background of community mental health nursing she became Consultant Admiral Nurse in North London and more recently the Head of Admiral Nursing.  With an interest in palliative and end of life care for families affected by dementia she works collaboratively with both the National Council for Palliative Care and Marie Curie UK to develop policy and guidance.  Her research interests are palliative and end of life care in dementia, advance care planning, practice development and the articulation of expertise in nursing. She is currently undertaking doctorate studies at UCL in advance care planning in dementia.