Prof Kate Irving is currently working in Dublin City University, where she is a lecturer in Mental Health Nursing and teaches a range modules including; person-centred dementia care (Dementia Champions). Previously she worked at University College Dublin as a post doctoral research fellow. She completed her PhD in 2001 at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia. This thesis was entitled: Case studies in restraint use. Kate is clinical lead in the Memory Works clinic in the Healthy Living Centre, an initiative to decrease stimga and access to information about cognitive health promotion for all. Kate is a partner on an Erasmus programme ‘Positive about Dementia’ to establish a European, Multidisciplinary Masters in dementia. Kate is leading a national Dementia training initiative: Elevator, aiming to develop dementia skills capacity in services and communities. Kate is the Lead in Partnership with Mary Manning in the HSE partnership project Dementia Skills elevator aiming to develop capacity to care for people with dementia in communities and workplaces.

Mental Health, Dementia