Engaging With a Community of Practice in Dementia: Impacts on Skills, Knowledge, Networks and Accessing Support.
Background: To deliver implementable, meaningful research and advance knowledge, different stakeholders need to be brought together regularly via a suitable platform or community of practice. The Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum, set up in 2019, is a public/professional community of practi...
| Publicado en: | Health Expectations Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2025
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