Nereide Alhena Curreri, PhD is a gerontologist with special interests in dementia and integrated
care. She currently holds a position as researcher with the Centre of Competence on Ageing at
the University of Applied Sciences & Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) where she coordinates
the Italian language region’s participation in the National Implementation Programme –
Strengthening quality of care in partnership with residential long-term care facilities. Nereide
earned a PhD in Dementia Studies from the University of Stirling, Scotland conducting in-field
research on the integration of older adult services for families with dementia through a social
network approach in 5 Central American countries, and an MSc in Gerontology from the Vrije
University of Amsterdam, NL. Her in field experience is in community projects for older people
and people living with dementia in Scotland, with care homes in Italy, as Geriatric Care Manager
in home care and starting-up and managing a dementia unit in California, US. Nereide’s aims
include raising awareness of integrated dementia care at system, organisation, and community
levels, and bringing to the forefront of policy and community agendas social determinants of
wellbeing and quality of life through a gerontological perspective. She is author of recent
academic publications.
Nereide also holds a position as extraordinary researcher at the Optentia Research Unit of
North-West University South Africa, and is a senior associate at the International Foundation of
Integrated Care.