Dr Juanita Hoe

Overview

Juanita is a mental health nurse who joined City University London as a senior lecturer in December 2016. She previously worked as a clinical lecturer in dementia and nursing at UCL and is an experienced clinical trials manager in dementia studies.

Clinically, her nursing career has focused on older person’s mental health care and she has worked within inpatient, day hospital, community and acute hospital settings. Juanita also has strong links with the charity Dementia UK and has worked as an Admiral Nurse (dementia nurse specialist) since 2004, supporting people with dementia and their families.

Juanita completed her Ph.D in Mental Health Sciences at UCL in 2007. Her current research interests focus on the development of psychosocial interventions to promote good practice and improve quality of life for people with dementia and their family caregivers. She is also involved in the teaching and supervision of pre and post graduate, and doctoral students.

Qualifications

• EDM119 – Research Supervision, City, University London, United Kingdom, May 2018
• PGCE, City, University London, United Kingdom, Oct 2017 – Jul 2018
• PhD in Mental Health Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom, Mar 2003 – Oct 2007
• MSc in Ageing & Mental Health, University College London, United Kingdom, Sep 1999 – Oct 2001
• ENB A30 Enhanced Practice in Mental Health Care, De Montfort University, United Kingdom, May 1999
• N11 Caring for People with Dementia, De Montfort University, United Kingdom, May 1999
• DipHe Healthcare Practice, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, Apr 1998 – May 1999
• ENB 998 Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice, Charles Frears College of Nursing, United Kingdom, Jun 1996
• ENB 941 Care of the Elderly, Charles Frears College of Nursing, United Kingdom, Mar 1993
• ENB 953 Developments in Psychiatry, Charles Frears College of Nursing, United Kingdom, Jun 1992
• RMN - Registered Mental Nurse, Charles Frears School of Nursing, Leicester, United Kingdom, Sep 1986 – Nov 1989

Employment

• Honorary Reader in Mental Health, City, University of London, Sep 2022 – present
• Professor of Dementia Care, University of West London, Sep 2021 – present
• Reader in Mental Health, City, University London, Aug 2018 – Aug 2021
• Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, City, University London, Dec 2016 – Jul 2018
• Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Dementia and Nursing, University College London, Dec 2016 – present
• Clinical Lecturer in Dementia & Nursing, University College London, May 2013 – Dec 2016
• Senior Clinical Research Associate, University College London, Aug 2008 – Nov 2012
• Clinical Research Fellow / Admiral Nurse Practitioner, University College London, Jul 2008
• Admiral Nurse, Dementia UK, Mar 2007 – Oct 2019
• Clinical Research Nurse, University College London, Apr 2002 – Jun 2004

Memberships of professional organisations

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA), Oct 2019 – present
• Member, Higher Education Dementia Network (HEDN), Dec 2018 – present
• Member, INTERDEM, Feb 2018 – present
• NMC, Nov 1989 – present
• Full member, RCN

Teaching

Module Leader

HS1002 Simulated Practice: Introducing Clinical Practice

Module Leader

HS3003 Simulated Practice: Preparing for Registration

Module Leader

APM004 Assessing and Understanding Mental Health Problems

Academic supervisor and examiner

APM002 SHS MSc Dissertation Module

Programme Director

MSc Adult Mental Health (Contemporary practice)

Programme Director

MSc Child & Adult Mental Health (Contemporary practice)

Research activity

Dr Juanita Hoe is Reader in Mental Health at City, University of London and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Dementia and Nursing at UCL Division of Psychiatry. An experienced researcher in mixed methods and clinical trials management, Juanita has secured funding from Alzheimer’s Society and Dunhill Medical Trust, and she currently leads a study evaluating the validity, feasibility and acceptability of a risk assessment tool for dementia. Her research focuses on building an evidence-base to improve health services and disseminating this knowledge into practice to deliver high quality patient care. This includes co-designing psychosocial interventions with service users and family carers for crisis management, needs assessment, peer support, facilitating early diagnosis in dementia and strategies to support family carers. She recently conducted a systematic review evaluating interventions to reduce frequent attendance at emergency departments.

Her research experience includes:
• Co-investigator on the NIHR funded project ‘The role of staff and team communication in reducing seclusion, restraint and forced tranquilisation in acute inpatient mental health setting’ led by Dr Mary Lavelle at City, University of London (2020-date).
• Co-investigator on the EPSRC funded project ‘SCAMPI: Self-Care Advice, Monitoring, Planning and Intervention’, led by Prof Neil Maiden at Business School, City, University of London (2019-2020).
• Co-supervisor for Dr Keir Yong (UCL, Neurology), who has been awarded an Alzheimer’s Society Junior Fellowship grant (2019-date).
• Chief Investigator for the Dunhill Medical Trust funded Risk Assessment and Increasing Safety in Dementia (RAISe-Dementia) study, examining the validity, feasibility and acceptability of a risk assessment tool for people with dementia living at home (2019-date).
• Co-investigator for the NIHR funded Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia care Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT) research programme, which is led by Professor Martin Orrell at University of Nottingham (2017-date)..
• Co-investigator for the Alzheimer’s Society funded New interventions for Independence in Dementia (NIDUS) research project, which is a 5-year study led by Dr Claudia Cooper at UCL.
• Principal investigator for Stream 4 of the ESRC funded Managing Agitation and Raising QUality of Life (MARQUE) study: A qualitative study of people with dementia and agitation and their family carers living in domestic environments (2013-2019).
• Co-chief investigator for Alzheimer’s society funded Facilitating Early Diagnosis in Dementia (FED-D) study, a cluster RCT to increase timely diagnosis of dementia promoting memory service access (2013-2015).
• Co-chief investigator of an Alzheimer’s Society funded qualitative study developing evidence based materials for GPs to use to increase early diagnosis of dementia (2012).
• Programme coordinator for Support at Home: Interventions to Enhance Life in Dementia (SHIELD), a 5 year, NIHR funded research programme of psychosocial research in cognitive stimulation, reminiscence work, carer and home treatment support (2008-2012).
• Principal investigator in NELFT for Strategies for Relatives (START) study, a pragmatic RCT to determine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a manual-based coping strategy programme for promoting the mental health of carers of people with dementia (2009-2013).
• Clinical researcher on a single–blind RCT investigating the needs of older people with dementia in care homes using the Camberwell Assessment of Need in the Elderly (CANE) (2002-2004).
• Clinical researcher on a longitudinal epidemiological study (LASER-AD) that examined the mental and physical health, cognition, activities of daily living, quality-of-life, medication, resource use and caregiver burden in a cohort of people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers over time (2002-2004).
• Participation in the main reliability and validity study for the Camberwell Assessment of Need in the Elderly. A scale developed to measure the needs of older people with mental illness (1996-1997)

Current grants held

• Co-investigator for the NIHR RfPB funded project ‘The role of staff and team communication in reducing seclusion, restraint and forced tranquilisation in acute inpatient mental health setting’. (2020-2023) Grant £241,868
• Co-supervisor for Dr Keir Yong (UCL Neurology) Alzheimer’s Society Junior Fellowship to develop strategies to support reaching and coordination for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. (2019-2022) Grant - £199,977
• Chief investigator for the Dunhill Medical Trust funded RAISe-Dementia (Risk Assessment and Increasing Safety in Dementia) study. (2019-2022) Grant £242,282
• Co-investigator on City, University of London Education Enhancement Grant to conduct Personal and professional practice groups: A piece of pedagogic education research. (2018-2019) Grant £2,637
• Co-investigator on the Alzheimer’s Society funded NIDUS (New interventions for Independence in Dementia) study. (2017-2022) Grant £1,981,506
• Co-investigator on the NIHR funded AQUEDUCT (Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia care Using Crisis Teams) study. (2014-2019) Grant - £1,998,595

Previous grants held

• Co-investigator for the EPSRC funded project ‘SCAMPI: Self-Care Advice, Monitoring, Planning and Intervention’. (2017-2020) Grant £943,000
• Co-investigator on the ESRC funded MARQUE (Managing Agitation and Raising QUality of Life) study. (2013-2019) Grant - £3,200,000
• Co-Chief Investigator on the Alzheimer’s Society funded FED-D (Facilitating Early Diagnosis in Dementia) study. (2013-2015) Grant - £150,830
• Co-investigator on the HTA funded START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) study. (2009-2013) Grant - £1,521,781
• Co-investigator on the NIHR Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for anxiety in people with dementia study. (2011-2015) Grant - £237,210

• Co-investigator on the Alzheimer’s Society funded Short Project FED-D: Awareness raising materials in Dementia. (2012) Grant - £8490

PhD Supervision

1. Marlon Stiell City, UoL First supervisor Applying Person Centred Care in paramedic practice in the pre-hospital environment: An exploratory mixed-method study. Oct 2018 - date
2. Michelle Parker City, UoL Second supervisor The timeliness of receiving a dementia diagnosis during an acute hospital admission: exploring the perception of carers of people with dementia Nov 2017 March 2021
4. Sarah Robertson UCL Second supervisor Comparing proxy rated Quality of life of people with dementia in care homes (full-time) Oct 2014 Aug 2017
5. Sandeep Toot UCL Second supervisor Crises in the homes of people with dementia and appropriate interventions (part-time) Sept 2008 Nov 2014

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