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Annabel Grant BSLT, MHlthSc, PGDipHlthSc, RMNZSTA

Senior Professional Clinician

Institute of Education

Annabel Grant is a speech and language therapist with specialist knowledge in adult language disorders, especially those associated with dementia. She teaches anatomy and physiology, communication sciences and disorders, assessment methods, adult swallowing disorders, and acquired brain related communication disorders. She is the expert advisor in dementia for the New Zealand Speech Language Therapist's Association. 

Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: x41470
    Location: 90.09, 90
    Campus: Albany

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Speech Language Therapy - University of Canterbury (1995)
  • Master of Health Science - University of Auckland (2010)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences - University of Auckland (2007)

Fellowships and Memberships

  • Member, New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association (Full) (1996)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Registration, TCANZ, Teaching Council of Aotearoa NZ

Research Expertise

Research Interests

I am a PhD candidate researching how to facilitate interactions which enable people with dementia and their friends to maintain and extend their connectedness. By privileging the voices of people with dementia and their friends, and using their experiences and wishes as the platform for developing interventions, I will make a novel contribution in developing person-led interventions for this population.

This will involve person-centred support and interventions, reduced social stigma and increased meaningful engagement. The  proposed research will provide important resources in this arena including co-designed interventions  as well as providing a platform for the voices of people affected by dementia to be heard.

Research work to support people with dementia to live successfully in the community is much needed. As the population ages, the incidence of dementia increases exponentially and experts in the psychosocial needs of people with dementia in the community are in increasing demand. 

Thematics

Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Medical And Health Sciences (110000): Other Medical and Health Sciences (119900)

Keywords

Dementia, communication, conversation.

Research Outputs

Conference

Grant, A., & Southwood, MH. (2012, May). Communication support for caregivers of people with dementia living at home. Presented at New Speech and Language Therapists Association, Beyond Boundaries. Auckland, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Grant, A.

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

Courses taught into:

271.150 Introduction to communication disorders

271.255 Assessment methods for Speech and Language Disorders

271.393 Neurogenic communication disorders II