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Emma Hooper, PhD

  • Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy and Programme Lead for the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy programme
  • Institute of Health
  • Health and Wellbeing
Emma Hooper, PhD

Biography

I am the programme lead for the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy programme and I am based at the Lancaster campus. I joined the University of Cumbria in 2020, having worked for 20 years in a variety of clinical and research roles within the NHS. My specialist areas of interest are dementia, older adult mental health, and sensory impairments in hearing and vision.

Qualifications and memberships

Qualifications:

PhD 2024 University of Manchester

Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning for Higher Education 2021 University of Cumbria

MSc (Advanced Occupational Therapy) 2015 University of Salford

BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy 2000 St Martin's College

Memberships:

Registered Occupational Therapist with the HCPC

Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Academic and research interests

Research interests:

My primary area of research interest is psychosocial interventions in dementia. I have worked on two large-scale Randomised Controlled Trials in England and Europe, where my responsibilities have included developing and overseeing the implementation of therapeutic interventions with people who are living with dementia and their family members.

I completedin 2024  a PhD which investigated influences on hearing aid use in people living with dementia.

Research supervision

Supervisor of pre-registration occupational therapy student research projects (MSc and BSc)

Publications

  1. Hooper, E., Brown, L.J.E., Dawes, P., Leroi, I., Armitage, C.J. (2024) What are the Correlates of Hearing Aid Use for People Living With Dementia? Journal of Aging and Health, Mar 18:8982643241238253. doi: 10.1177/08982643241238253. Epub ahead of print.

  2. Hooper, E., Brown, L.J.E., Cross, H., Dawes, P., Leroi, I., Armitage, C.J. (2024) Enablers and Barriers to Hearing aid Use in People Living With Dementia. Journal of Applied Gerontology, Jan 18:7334648231225346. doi: 10.1177/07334648231225346. Epub ahead of print.

  3. Hooper, E., Brown, L.J.E., Cross, H., Dawes, P., Leroi, I. and Armitage, C.J. (2022) Systematic review of factors associated with hearing aid use in people living in the community with dementia and age-related hearing loss. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 23 (10). pp. 1669-1675.

  4. Cross, H., Dawes, P., Hooper, E., Armitage, C.J., Leroi, I. and Millman, R.E. (2022) Effectiveness of hearing rehabilitation for care home residents with dementia: a systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23 (3). pp. 450-460.

  5. Sheikh, S., Tofique, S., Zehra, N. … Hooper, E. et al. (2021) SENSE-Cog Asia: a feasibility study of a hearing intervention to improve outcomes in people with dementia. Frontiers in Neurology, 12 p. 654143

  6. Littlejohn, J., Bowen, M., Constantinidou, F. … Hooper, E. et al. (2021) International practice recommendations for the recognition and management of hearing and vision impairment in people with dementia. Gerontology, 68 pp. 121-135

  7. Howard, R., Gathercole, R., Bradley, R. …. Hooper, E. et al. (2021) The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of assistive technology and telecare for independent living in dementia: a randomised controlled trial, Age and Ageing, afaa284, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa284

  8. Davies, A., Brini, S., Hirani, S., [and 28 others, including Hooper, E.] (2020) The impact of assistive technology on burden and psychological well‐being in informal caregivers of people with dementia (ATTILA Study). Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 6 (1), e12064. doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12064

  9. Pelegrini, L.N.C., Hall, A., Hooper, E., et al. (2020) Challenges in public perception: highlights from the United Kingdom-Brazil Dementia Workshop. Dementia & Neuropsychologia 14(3):209-215. doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-030002
  10. Leroi, I., Armitage, C.J., Collin, F., Frison, E., Hann, M., Hooper, E., Reeves, M., Simkin, S., Wolski, L. on behalf of the SENSE-Cog Work Package 3 Investigators (2020) A randomised controlled trial of hearing and vision support in dementia: Protocol for a process evaluation in the SENSE-Cog trial. Trials 21, 223. doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4135-4
  11. Leroi, I., Simkin, Z., Hooper, E., et al. (2020) Impact of an intervention to support hearing and vision in dementia: The SENSE‐Cog Field Trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 35(4):348-357. doi.org/10.1002/gps.5231
  12. Hooper, E., Simkin, Z., Abrams, H., et al. (2019) Feasibility of an intervention to support hearing and vision in dementia: The SENSE-Cog Field Trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 67(7):1472-1477. doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15936
  13. Forsyth, K., Henderson C., Davis L., [and 32 others including Hooper E.] (2019) Assessment of need and practice for assistive technology and telecare for people with dementia—The ATTILA (Assistive Technology and Telecare to maintain Independent Living At home for people with dementia) trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 5: 420-430. doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2019.07.010
  14. Regan, J., Frison, E., Collin, F., Dawes, P., Hann, M., Himmelsbach, I., Hooper, E. et al. (2019) Individualised sensory intervention to improve quality of life in people with dementia and their companions (SENSECog trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 20:80. doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2973-0
  15. Hooper, E., Collins, T. (2019) An occupational perspective of the lived experience of familial dementia caregivers: A thematic review of qualitative literature. Dementia 18(1):323-346. doi.org/10.1177/1471301216672489

Recent external roles

(2019-2023) Steering group member on the Detection and Management of Hearing and Vision Impairment in Dementia International Clinical Practice Recommendations group