Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing

Angela Kydd has her expertise in frail older people and people with dementia. She worked as a nurse for ten years before working in academia. She is an associate professor at Edinburgh Napier University and works as a co-founder of a Pan-University Ageing Research Network. Over the years she has designed and delivered degree and masters programmes and modules in gerontology. She has undertaken research on attitudes to health care professionals working with older people, self-care beliefs of women with diabetes and her PhD thesis were on delayed discharge from a policy and patient perspective. She has also undertaken evaluations of clinical areas and projects. Her latest project was on developing the culture and care in a care home setting, which included on site work with three care homes. She is co-editor of a textbook on The Care and Well-being of Older People and has numerous publications in this field.