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Dr. Lindsey Collins

Associate Professor

Area
Centre for Applied Dementia Studies
Faculty of Health Studies
E-mail
L.Collins3@bradford.ac.uk
Dr. Lindsey Collins
8 publications
2 awards

Biography

Lindsey is a registered Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who specialises in working with people with dementia. She has been responsible for developing specialist Speech and Language Therapy services within a number of NHS Mental Health Trusts prior to commencing her role at the University of Bradford.

Lindsey has a particular interest in supporting people living with dementia who experience eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. In 2015, Lindsey was awarded an Alzheimer’s Society Clinical Training Fellowship to study for a PhD, which she completed in 2020. The study focus was to understand the eating and drinking experiences of people living with dementia and dysphagia in care homes from multiple perspectives. Lindsey has since been awarded a White Rose Post-doctoral Fellowship, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, to further her research in this area.

Lindsey is also passionate about supporting others to develop skills to engage meaningfully with people living with dementia and enhance well-being. Lindsey is involved in developing, delivering and evaluating person-centred dementia care consultancy and training packages for health and social care organisations throughout the UK and internationally. In particular, Lindsey is responsible for the international use and development of two observational tools - Dementia Care Mapping and the Short Observational Framework for Inspection.

Lindsey supports the work of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), acting as a National Clinical Advisor in dementia and dysphagia. Lindsey was the lead author for the updated dementia guidance for the RCSLT and part of the working group for the thickened fluids position paper, both of which were published in 2024. 

Research

  • Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)
  • Effective communication
  • Supporting choice and decision making
  • Care homes and community
  • Observational research tools

Teaching

  • Dementia Care Mapping
  • Short Observational Framework for Inspection
  • Person Centred Dementia Care
  • Health and Social Care Workforce Development
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Communication 
  • Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)

Professional activities

  • Post-doctoral Fellowship (1 October 2021)
  • Clinical Training Fellowship (1 April 2015)

  • University of Bradford Research & Knowledge Transfer Committee,
  • University of Bradford Research Information System User Group,

  • University of Bradford - PhD
  • University of Bradford - MSc in Dementia Studies with Distinction
  • De Montfort University - BSc (Hons) in Human Communication: Speech and Language Therapy

  • RCSLT National Advisor in Dementia and Dysphagia:

  • Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Full UK Member
  • The Health and Care Professions Council, Registered Speech and Language Therapist
  • INTERDEM Academy, Member

Publications

  • Impact of a dementia training on staff competence and confidence to care

    Barbosa, A., Mason, C., Collins, L. (2020) Dementia UK.