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Gill Livingston is a clinical academic, working with people with suspected or confirmed dementia and their families. She researches interventions to improve the lives of people with dementia and their families and staff caring for them and particularly consider underserved and minority communities. Her research is with people living at home and with people in care homes. She leads the Lancet Standing Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care, 2017, 2020 and 2024. The findings have substantial implications in preventing and delaying a significant proportion of dementia. They have resulted in changes in WHO, UK and US policy which aim to reduce dementia risk.

Isabelle is a trainee clinical psychologist in her final year of training at University College London’s (UCL) Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has worked in a wide range of mental health settings from specialised services such as the North West London Long Covid psychology service, to services working with clients across the lifespan experiencing various emotional, behavioural, and mental health difficulties. Currently, she is focused on developing the UK’s first psychological model of care in care homes as the clinical psychology team supports the homes as permanent staff instead of as an external team coming in for consultations. She works to build a robust and evidence-based model of psychological care for older people through instilling psychological input into Residential, Nursing, Dementia, Respite, and Palliative Care.