Briony Harden
@brionyharden27.bsky.social
She/Her | 3rd Year PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham, UK, exploring human rights in international dementia care | avid reader, puzzle solver and football lover | views are my own
A fantastic first session #35AEC! A joint plenary from the European Working Group of People with Dementia and the European Dementia Carers Working Group; inspiring and emotional.
October 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A fantastic first session #35AEC! A joint plenary from the European Working Group of People with Dementia and the European Dementia Carers Working Group; inspiring and emotional.
Enjoying the annual IMH Research Day as an observer not a presenter today ✨ there have been some great talks this morning, looking forward to the afternoon sessions! #IMHRD26 @institutemh.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Enjoying the annual IMH Research Day as an observer not a presenter today ✨ there have been some great talks this morning, looking forward to the afternoon sessions! #IMHRD26 @institutemh.org.uk
The first paper from my PhD is out and available to read!
#HHR paper by @brionyharden27.bsky.social et al examines natl dementia plans for #humanrights content: some rights fare well, those on non coercive practices less so. Read paper here:
www.hhrjournal.org/2025/05/06/a...
www.hhrjournal.org/2025/05/06/a...
A Content Review of National Dementia Plans: Are Human Rights Considered?
Briony Harden, Yinuo Mao, Justin Weiss, Selina Hsuan, Orii McDermott, Michelle Funk, Natalie Drew, Katrin Seeher, Tarun Dua, and Martin Orrell
AbstractThe World Health Organization has se...
www.hhrjournal.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The first paper from my PhD is out and available to read!
We're #recruiting for people with #dementia and/or their #familymembers / #carers who identify as #LGBTQIA+ for our next Lived Experience Advisory Panel workshop!
The next workshop is in London on the 31st March (quick turnaround) but we want to gain as many voices as possible.
The next workshop is in London on the 31st March (quick turnaround) but we want to gain as many voices as possible.
March 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We're #recruiting for people with #dementia and/or their #familymembers / #carers who identify as #LGBTQIA+ for our next Lived Experience Advisory Panel workshop!
The next workshop is in London on the 31st March (quick turnaround) but we want to gain as many voices as possible.
The next workshop is in London on the 31st March (quick turnaround) but we want to gain as many voices as possible.
I'll really miss the flexibility of PhD working when I finish this year 😩 had three long and productive days, including a nearly 12 hour day yesterday, but today I've worked properly for 2 hours amid life errands and feeling incredibly drained
March 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'll really miss the flexibility of PhD working when I finish this year 😩 had three long and productive days, including a nearly 12 hour day yesterday, but today I've worked properly for 2 hours amid life errands and feeling incredibly drained
Reviewer comments revised on my part already for my first PhD paper!! Let's hope they're good enough after going back around the co-authors and then to the editor 🤞🏼
March 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reviewer comments revised on my part already for my first PhD paper!! Let's hope they're good enough after going back around the co-authors and then to the editor 🤞🏼
Thesis writing with Silent Witness which is basically a podcast to me now✨
*Partner is watching something on the TV which I have 0 interest in so it's easy to ignore*
*Partner is watching something on the TV which I have 0 interest in so it's easy to ignore*
February 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thesis writing with Silent Witness which is basically a podcast to me now✨
*Partner is watching something on the TV which I have 0 interest in so it's easy to ignore*
*Partner is watching something on the TV which I have 0 interest in so it's easy to ignore*
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People have a right to be safe at schools.
& at concerts.
& at movie theaters.
& at shopping malls.
& at places of worship.
& at concerts.
& at movie theaters.
& at shopping malls.
& at places of worship.
February 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
People have a right to be safe at schools.
& at concerts.
& at movie theaters.
& at shopping malls.
& at places of worship.
& at concerts.
& at movie theaters.
& at shopping malls.
& at places of worship.
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The US government’s suspension of most foreign aid is putting lives around the world at risk.
Any new administration is entitled to review existing foreign aid, but continuing the delivery of important assistance is critical while the review is conducted.
Any new administration is entitled to review existing foreign aid, but continuing the delivery of important assistance is critical while the review is conducted.
US: Order Halting Foreign Aid Work Puts Lives at Risk
The US government’s suspension of most foreign aid is putting lives around the world at risk, Human Rights Watch said today.
www.hrw.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The US government’s suspension of most foreign aid is putting lives around the world at risk.
Any new administration is entitled to review existing foreign aid, but continuing the delivery of important assistance is critical while the review is conducted.
Any new administration is entitled to review existing foreign aid, but continuing the delivery of important assistance is critical while the review is conducted.
First *live webinar of 2025 attended! This webinar explored the use of PhotoVoice to show lived experiences of dementia for #LGBTQIA+ communities. It's such an important topic and method to hear the stories of LGBTQIA+ people with dementia from the persons themselves and NOT from others 💪🏼✨
January 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
First *live webinar of 2025 attended! This webinar explored the use of PhotoVoice to show lived experiences of dementia for #LGBTQIA+ communities. It's such an important topic and method to hear the stories of LGBTQIA+ people with dementia from the persons themselves and NOT from others 💪🏼✨
2025, the year my PhD comes to an end 🥴
December 31, 2024 at 7:20 PM
2025, the year my PhD comes to an end 🥴
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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
🎉 New bulletin publication detailing the project I'm working on as part of my PhD regarding the collaboration with the WHO🎉
It can be found here: www.wapr.org/bulletin-arc...
This is the first piece to come from my PhD and the second is currently under peer review ✨
A good way to end 2024!
It can be found here: www.wapr.org/bulletin-arc...
This is the first piece to come from my PhD and the second is currently under peer review ✨
A good way to end 2024!
December 20, 2024 at 10:20 PM
🎉 New bulletin publication detailing the project I'm working on as part of my PhD regarding the collaboration with the WHO🎉
It can be found here: www.wapr.org/bulletin-arc...
This is the first piece to come from my PhD and the second is currently under peer review ✨
A good way to end 2024!
It can be found here: www.wapr.org/bulletin-arc...
This is the first piece to come from my PhD and the second is currently under peer review ✨
A good way to end 2024!
So grateful that I'm joining (well, officially joining) a team that have shown and continue to show they really want me for the person I am and my work rather than need me for their own benefit. And it means I get to do more dementia research collaborating with people with lived experience 😍
December 13, 2024 at 12:23 AM
So grateful that I'm joining (well, officially joining) a team that have shown and continue to show they really want me for the person I am and my work rather than need me for their own benefit. And it means I get to do more dementia research collaborating with people with lived experience 😍
Sunday reading made cosy with Christmas lights and football in the background 📚
December 8, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Sunday reading made cosy with Christmas lights and football in the background 📚
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There is immense power in supporting people living with #dementia to use their abilities rather than reminding them of what they are losing. This is a beautiful example of a strengths-based, interests-based, #kindness-based approach.
(via @josephfasano.bsky.social) #Alzheimers #poetry
(via @josephfasano.bsky.social) #Alzheimers #poetry
December 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
There is immense power in supporting people living with #dementia to use their abilities rather than reminding them of what they are losing. This is a beautiful example of a strengths-based, interests-based, #kindness-based approach.
(via @josephfasano.bsky.social) #Alzheimers #poetry
(via @josephfasano.bsky.social) #Alzheimers #poetry
Both supervisors and my new project manager (I say new, I've been working on said project for 5 months) have told me to be kind to myself and make sure I take breaks - are they trying to tell me something?🤪
November 30, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Both supervisors and my new project manager (I say new, I've been working on said project for 5 months) have told me to be kind to myself and make sure I take breaks - are they trying to tell me something?🤪
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My direct appeal to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Good palliative care can alleviate the pain of dying – this bill means Labour must fund it | Rachel Clarke
Making dying easier is not the solution when NHS, social and palliative care are simply not there for patients
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:32 AM
My direct appeal to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
& Keir_Starmer in the light of yesterday's vote on AD.
If they sincerely care about dying people, surely now they will publicly & urgently commit to properly funding our threadbare, neglected palliative care?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Love how cosy the room becomes with the tree up✨
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Love how cosy the room becomes with the tree up✨
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Taking a step back, I wrote about the question of whether our politicians and health service are really fit to decide about #assisteddying at all for @bmj_latest. Do read 👇🏽
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Our institutions lack capacity to make a choice on assisted dying: A response to "Assisted dying: balancing safety with access"
www.bmj.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Taking a step back, I wrote about the question of whether our politicians and health service are really fit to decide about #assisteddying at all for @bmj_latest. Do read 👇🏽
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
So glad I jumped over to Bluesky, it's so much better!!
November 29, 2024 at 12:31 PM
So glad I jumped over to Bluesky, it's so much better!!