Dr. Diane Seddon

Research interests
Diane is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Medical and Social Care Research. Diane’s research interests include family caregiving, older people with dementia, assessment and care management and nursing and residential care home provision. Diane is involved in a number of research studies, looking at the effects of the Carers Strategy across England and Wales, and with work that aims to develop services to support carers for people with mental health problems.

Funded research
Seddon, Robinson, Woods and Tommis Unified assessment in Wales: older people with complex needs and their families, WORD,£168,178, April 2008- March 2010.

Entry to long-term care: Developing a proactive response to carers of older people, funded by the National Lottery Charities Board, November 1999-November 2001. Lead Applicant. £96,330

A Study of Young Carers in Wales. Tender funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales. November 2000-July 2001. Lead Applicant. £25,224

Supporting parent carers in paid employment: A qualitative study. Funded via the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care. January 2001-September 2001. Lead Applicant. £9,726

Evaluation of a joint health and social services community reablement scheme: user and carer perspectives. Funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care. January 2001-September 2001. Applicant. £9,803

Neath Port Talbot Community Reablement Scheme Evaluation. Funded by Neath Port Talbot Local Health Group. Applicant. £5,000

Evaluation of Small Grants Celebrating the Millennium Festival in Wales Scheme, Tender funded by the National Lottery Charities Board. Lead Applicant. £7,500

Carers in employment: Towards an integrated system of support. Funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care. November 2001-November 2003. Principal Applicant. £99, 593

Promoting the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged groups in Wales. Tender funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales. February 2002-July 2002. Applicant. £19,826

An analysis of the Carers’ Special Grant Scheme and consultation processes used for the Carers’ Special Grant. Tender funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales. July 2002-February 2003. Lead Applicant. £46,646.

A study of the effects of the Carers Strategy in Wales on the needs of carers and the services that they receive. Tender funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales. Phase One: December 2002-March 2006, Phase Two: April 2006-April 2008, Principal Investigator, £347,260.

Meeting the needs of children and young people: a multi-sectoral perspective. Tender funded by Conwy Social Services Department. March 2003-August 2003. Applicant. £31,501.

The modernisation of social care services: A study of the effectiveness of the National Strategy for Carers in meeting carer needs. Funded by the Department of Health. October 2003-October 2006. Lead Applicant. £331,570.

Carers for people with mental health problems: needs assessment to service provision. Funded by the Community Fund. Applicant. £297,591.

Publications
Gray, B., Robinson, C., Seddon, D. and Roberts, A. (2008) Confidentiality Smokescreens and Carers for People with Mental Health
Problems: The Perspectives of Professionals. Journal of Health and Social Care in the Community, 16 (4): 378-387.

Seddon, D., Robinson, C. and Perry, J. (2008) Unified Assessment:
Policy, Implementation and Practice. British Journal of Social Work.
Advanced Access, 19th June, pages 1-19.

Woods, B., Keady, J. and Seddon, D. (2008) Involving Families in Care Homes: A relationship-centred approach to dementia care. London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Tommis, Y., Seddon, D., Woods, B., Robinson, C., Reeves, C., Russell, I. (2007, in press) Rural-urban differences in the effects on mental well-being of caring for people with stroke or dementia. Paper accepted for publication in Journal of Ageing and Mental Health.

Leeson, S.C., Edmondson, R.J., Heatley, M., Rollason, T., Reynolds K., Seddon, D., Whitaker, R. and Kehoe, S. (2006) Guidelines for Gynaecological Cancer – an Audit of Current Network Documents in England and Wales, International Journal of Gynaecology and Oncology.

Seddon, D., Robinson, C., Reeves, C., Tommis, Y., Woods, B. and Russell, I. (2006) In their own right: Translating the policy of carer assessment into practice, British Journal of Social Work.

Seddon, D. and Robinson, C. (2005) Carers and Caregiving in the Context of Intermediate and Continuing Care, in Roe, B. and Beech, R. (Eds.) Intermediate and Continuing Care: Policy and Practice. Oxford, Blackwells.

Seddon, D., Robinson, C., Bowen, S. and Boyle, M. (2004) ‘Supporting carers in paid employment: Developing a needs-led approach’, Quality in Ageing, 5 (1):14-23.

Seddon, D. and Robinson, C. (2004) ‘Supporting carers in paid employment: needs assessment and service provision’ Working with Older People, 8 (2):13-18.

Robinson C. A., Seddon, D., Webb, V., Hill, J. and Soulsby, J. (2003) 'Older people with a sensory impairment: The assessment and management of care', Quality in Ageing, 4 (1): 22-31.

Seddon, D., Jones, K. and Boyle, M. (2003) ‘Continuing to care’ Working with Older People, 7 (2): 35-39.

Seddon, D. (2002) ‘Caring for older people with dementia: Assessment and the Carers Act’. Signpost, 6, 3:16-20.

Robinson, C. Seddon, D. and Hill, J. (2002) ‘Community Reablement: Perspectives of Older People and their Carers’, Signpost, 7, (1): 17-19.

Seddon, D., Jones, K. and Boyle, M. (2002) ‘Committed to caring: carer experiences following the admission of a relative into nursing or residential care’ Quality in Ageing, 3 (3): 16-26.

Wenger, G.C., Scott, A. and Seddon, D. (2002) ‘The experience of caring for older people with dementia in a rural area: Using services’, Journal of Aging and Mental Health, 6 (1): 30-38.

Carers of elderly people with dementia: assessment and the Carers Act.
Seddon, D. and Robinson C.A. (2001) Journal of Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(3):151-158

Seddon, D. (1999) ‘Negotiating Caregiving and Employment’, in S. Cox and J. Keady (Eds.) Younger People with Dementia: Planning, Practice and Development. (Chapter Ten). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.