I am a registered Mental Health Nurse working in a UK University as a Post Doctorate Research Fellow. I have worked with older people as a mental health nurse in a variety of settings, including wards, community, and urgent and emergency crisis/care. I have also managed Older People’s Mental Health/Dementia services. However, in the last seven years I have been worked predominantly as an academic – initially as a nurse lecturer and now as a research fellow with an interest in qualitative research methods/care home research. My most recent research study was exploring the implementation and high-quality person-centred health care in residential and nurse long-term care settings. I have a particular interest in research that addresses challenging topics, such as, responsive behaviours in dementia, end of life care, and difficult to reach groups and communities.