She works clinically for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and is a Senior Clinical Teacher on the University of Liverpool Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme. She is vice chair of the British Psychological Society’s Faculty of Psychology of Older People. Her areas of clinical expertise are the psychology of older people, dementia and Human Rights Based approaches to health care. Specifically, she has developed services that focus on the impact receiving a diagnosis of dementia has on an individual’s wellbeing and relationships, and how people with dementia can live fulfilled lives with support. Her research focuses on models that promote independence and wellbeing and on Human Rights Based Approaches to care.