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Research Article
The Good Life with Dementia approach: A realist-informed qualitative study of a peer-tutored course, co-produced with and for people living with dementia
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Kate Gridley ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: kate.gridley@york.ac.uk
Affiliation Older Adults’ Social Care Research (OSCAR) Group, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, England
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Mark Wilberforce ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Older Adults’ Social Care Research (OSCAR) Group, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, England
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Rachel Mann ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Older Adults’ Social Care Research (OSCAR) Group, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, England
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Laura Tucker ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Mental Health and Social Care Research Centre, School for Business and Society, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, England
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Beth Casey ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Mental Health and Social Care Research Centre, School for Business and Society, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, England
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Chris Clarke ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, York, North Yorkshire, England
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Sam Creavin ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, England
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Irene Donaldson ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Striving Towards a New Day (STAND), Fife, Scotland
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Howard Gordon ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Deepness Dementia Media, Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Damian Murphy ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Innovations in Dementia CiC, Exeter, Devon, England
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Mark Pearson ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Mohammed Akhlak Rauf ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Meri Yaadain CiC., Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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Yvonne Birks
Contributed equally to this work with: Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce, Rachel Mann, Laura Tucker, Beth Casey, Chris Clarke, Sam Creavin, Irene Donaldson, Howard Gordon, Damian Murphy, Mark Pearson, Mohammed Akhlak Rauf, Yvonne Birks
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Older Adults’ Social Care Research (OSCAR) Group, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, England
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The Good Life with Dementia approach: A realist-informed qualitative study of a peer-tutored course, co-produced with and for people living with dementia
- Kate Gridley,
- Mark Wilberforce,
- Rachel Mann,
- Laura Tucker,
- Beth Casey,
- Chris Clarke,
- Sam Creavin,
- Irene Donaldson,
- Howard Gordon,
- Damian Murphy
- Published: June 12, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349444