Diane has taken a leading role in developing a successful social care research programme and has an excellent record of accomplishment, attracting research grants totalling over £11 million. Diane has led a successful carer research programme and has an established reputation for completing policy relevant research that has impact.   She has led reviews of national policy implementation, including evaluations of the National Carers Strategies in England for the Department of Health and in Wales for the Welsh Government.   Diane is a member of the Welsh Government Ministerial Advisory Group on Carers.  She has previously acted as a Specialist Advisor on Domiciliary Care to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, House of Commons.

Diane contributes to the development and delivery of the Welsh Government’s Research Infrastructure Support System.   As Co-Investigator and Social Care Research Lead for the Wales Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research, she leads initiatives to better integrate research, policy and practice. She is an Advisory Group Member, Wales School for Social Care Research, advising on the strategic direction of the School, and member of the School’s PhD Fellowship Committee.  Diane is Deputy Chair for the Welsh Government’s Social Care Research Grants and Fellowship Committees.  She has been actively involved in developing opportunities for social care managers and practitioners to undertake applied social care research and recruiting doctoral students to Wales.

Diane is taking forward several research development initiatives including:

• Social Care Innovations Lab (#SCIL)
• UK Meaningful Short Breaks Research and Practice Development Group

 Social Care Innovations Lab (#SCIL)

Recognising the importance of public and professional involvement in social care research, #SCIL is an initiative hosted by the Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research that is designed to support creative approaches to research development and knowledge exchange.  #SCIL is underpinned by three key principles that are essential to generating robust research evidence that informs the realisation of policy and practice objectives – involving, innovating and improving.  Acting as a connecting hub, #SCIL also facilitates knowledge exchange between people, enabling them to share ideas and evidence that contributes towards the achievement of well-being outcomes, continual professional development and quality improvement of services  

Meaningful short breaks for carers and people with complex care needs

Building on an established carer research programme at Bangor, the meaningful short breaks research stream is addressing an area of international concern as policy makers and practitioners seek to develop flexible approaches to service provision that support positive, sustainable caring relationships.   Having mapped the evidence base for short breaks for carers for older people (https://www.sharedcarescotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/05615-Shared-Care-Scotland-research-report.pdf), current research projects include Co-creating, Commissioning and Delivering Meaningful Short Breaks – integrating research, policy and practice funded by the Welsh Government.  Diane has played a key role in establishing a UK-wide Short Breaks Research and Practice Development Group that is shaping a future research agenda and supporting capacity building and research excellence in an under-researched area. The Group acts as the UK link for the International Break Exchange Network.

Diane is involved in several social care projects addressing how to improve the quality of care and services.  These projects address some of the key principles underpinning the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, including multiagency working, voice and control and prevention and early intervention:

• Multi-agency working – The application of systems thinking approaches to support the development of integrated care services for adults with complex care needs involves a systematic review of the evidence base and collaborative working with a local authority to develop be-spoke recommendations for their organisation.
• Multi-agency working - Rewriting Scripts: Promoting multi-disciplinary teams for users of methadone prescription programmes involves a policy evaluation and interviews with key stakeholders.
• Prevention and early intervention – Night Owls: exploring unscheduled care at night involves a scoping review, theanalysis of routinely collected data on an innovative service (providing unscheduled support during the night-time to relieve pressure on the 999 service) and interviews with older people.  Outputs include be-spoke satisfaction and outcomes tools.
• Voice and control – Everyday lives: exploring the experiences of people with a learning disability in the early stages of the new Social Services and Wellbeing Act (2014) Wales  involves a systematic review and narrative interviews with people living with a learning disability and their families as well as key professionals in the statutory and independent sectors.

I welcome the opportunity to supervise PhD work that addresses social care issues as they relate to older people, including those living with dementia, their un-paid carers and those employed in the social care sector. I particularly welcome qualitative or mixed-methods studies about:

• Assessment and support planning for people with complex care needs and their un-paid carers
• Meaningful short breaks (sometimes called respite care) that support positive, sustainable caring relationships
• Experiences and support needs of un-paid carers in employment or in higher education
  • Ways to help individuals achieve personal well-being outcomes, with a focus on: 
    • Voice and control  
    • Prevention and early intervention  
    • Co-production of services
    • Integrated, multi-agency working  

• Nursing and residential care home provision

2021

• CyhoeddwydMaking personalised short breaks meaningful: a future research agenda to connect academia, policy and practice
  Seddon, D., Miller, E., Prendergast, L., Williamson, D. & Cavaye, J., 2 Meh 2021, Yn : Quality in Ageing and Older Adults.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuPlanning, commissioning, and delivering bespoke short breaks for carers and their partner living with dementia: challenges and opportunities
  Caulfield, M., Seddon, D., Williams, S. & Jones, C. H., 7 Awst 2021, Yn : Health and Social Care in the Community.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydSocial care: research, policy and practice in Wales
  Seddon, D., Toms, G. & Verity, F., 22 Maw 2021, Social Policy for Welfare Practice in Wales.. Gwilym, H. & Williams, C. (gol.). Third gol. Birmingham, UK: The British Association of Social Workers. , t. 19-34
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
• CyhoeddwydWhat a difference a break makes: a vision for the future of short breaks for unpaid carers in Wales
  Seddon, D., Andrews, N., Hatch, S. & Cubbage, K., 3 Medi 2021, 38 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn

2020

• CyhoeddwydGetting back to life after stroke: Co-designing a peer-led coaching intervention to enable stroke survivors to rebuild a meaningful life after stroke
  Masterson Algar, P., Burton, C., Seddon, D., Hoare, Z., Morrison, V., Arthur, C., Elghenzai, S., Williams, S. & Radford, K., Mai 2020, Yn : Disability and Rehabilitation. 42, 10, t. 1359-1372
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydImplementing, researching and evaluating a Wales-wide arts in residential care programme: Reflections from the cARTrefu programme.
  Algar-Skaife, K., Seddon, D., Barr, K. & Lord, S., 1 Hyd 2020, Yn : FPOP Bulletin. 152, t. 12-19 8 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2019

• CyhoeddwydShort Breaks for carers: a scoping review
  Seddon, D. & Prendergast, L., Medi 2019, 49 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn

2016

• CyhoeddwydImproving Skills and Care Standards in the Support Workforce for Older People: A Realist Synthesis of Workforce Development Interventions
  Williams, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Burton, C., Edwards, S., Fisher, D., Hall, H., McCormack, B., Nutley, S., Seddon, D. & Williams, R., 30 Ebr 2016, Yn : Health Services and Delivery Research. 4.12
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydImproving skills and care standards in the support workforce for older people: a realist synthesis of workforce development interventions
  Williams, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Burton, C. R., Edwards, S., Fisher, D., Hall, B., McCormack, B., Nutley, S. M., Seddon, D. & Williams, R., 31 Gorff 2016, Yn : BMJ Open. 6, 8
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2015

• CyhoeddwydImproving skills and care standards for the support workforce in health and social care services for older people: a realist synthesis of evidence
  Rycroft-Malone, J., Burton, C. R., McCormack, B., Nutley, S., Seddon, D. & Williams, L., 30 Maw 2015.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydImproving skills and care standards in the support workforce: a realist synthesis of workforce development interventions
  Seddon, D., Rycroft-Malone, J., Burton, C. R., Williams, L., Edwards, S., Fisher, D., Hall, H. E., McCormack, B., Nutley, S. & Seddon, D. W., 9 Medi 2015.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydThe Influence of Child Sexual Abuse on the Self from Adult Narrative Perspectives
  Krayer, A. M., Gwilym, H. M., Krayer, A., Seddon, D., Robinson, C. A. & Gwilym, H., 6 Maw 2015, Yn : Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 24, 2, t. 135-151
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2014

• CyhoeddwydCarer assessment: continuing tensions and dilemmas for social care practice
  Robinson, C. A., Seddon, D. & Robinson, C., 22 Medi 2014, Yn : Health and Social Care in the Community. 23, 1, t. 14-22
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydFrom rhetoric to reality: stakeholders’ involvement in realist synthesis
  Burton, C. R., Rycroft-Malone, J., Hall, H. E., McCormack, B., Nutley, S., Seddon, D. & Williams, L., 27 Hyd 2014.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydImproving skills and care standards in the support workforce for older people: a realist review
  Rycroft-Malone, J., Burton, C. R., Hall, B., McCormack, B., Nutley, S., Seddon, D. & Williams, L., 30 Mai 2014, Yn : BMJ Open. 2014, 4, t. e005356
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2013

• CyhoeddwydCare coordination: translating policy into practice for older people
  Krayer, A. M., Seddon, D., Krayer, A., Robinson, C. A., Woods, R. T. & Tommis, Y., 30 Mai 2013, Yn : Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 2
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2012

• CyhoeddwydAdult survivors and their families: current needs and service responses
  Krayer, A. M., Gwilym, H. M., Seddon, D., Krayer, A., Robinson, C. A., Gwilym, H., McKeown, G. & Hodrien, C., 1 Ion 2012, Unknown Publisher.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn

2011

• CyhoeddwydCarers for people with mental health problems: needs assessment to service provision
  Krayer, A. M., Gray, B. J., Robinson, C. A., Seddon, D., Krayer, A., Tommis, Y., Roberts, A. & Gray, B., 1 Ion 2011, Unknown Publisher.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn

2010

• CyhoeddwydPatterns of exclusion of carers for people with mental health problems - the perspectives of professionals.
  Gray, B., Robinson, C. A., Seddon, D. & Roberts, A., 1 Rhag 2010, Yn : Journal of Social Work Practice. 24, 4, t. 475-492
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydUnified Assessment: Policy, Implementation and Practice
  Seddon, D., Robinson, C. & Perry, J. K., 1 Ion 2010, Yn : British Journal of Social Work. 40, 1, t. 207-225
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2009

• CyhoeddwydA Study of the Carers Strategy (2000): Supporting Carers in Wales.
  Seddon, D., Robinson, C. A., Tommis, Y., Woods, R. T., Perry, J. & Russell, I. T., 3 Gorff 2009, Yn : British Journal of Social Work. 40, 5, t. 1470-1487
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydAn emotive subject: insights from social, voluntary and healthcare professionals into the feelings of family carers for people with mental health problems.
  Gray, B., Seddon, D. & Robinson, C. A., 1 Maw 2009, Yn : Health and Social Care in the Community. 17, 2, t. 125-132
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydUnified Assessment – Policy, Implementation and Practice.
  Seddon, D., 1 Ion 2009.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydUnified Assessment: from policy to implementation and practice.
  Seddon, D., 1 Ion 2009.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydWhat works well in community care: supporting older people in their own homes and community networks.
  Seddon, D. & Harper, G., 1 Rhag 2009, Yn : Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 10, 4, t. 8-17
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2008

• Cyhoeddwyd'Confidentiality smokescreens' and carers for people with mental health problems: the perspectives of professionals
  Gray, B. T., Gray, B., Robinson, C. A., Seddon, D. & Roberts, A., 1 Gorff 2008, Yn : Health and Social Care in the Community. 16, 4, t. 378-387
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydInvisible Children: Young Carers of Parents with Mental Health Problems - The Perspectives of Professionals.
  Gray, B., Robinson, C. A. & Seddon, D., 1 Tach 2008, Yn : Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 13, 4, t. 169-172
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2007

• CyhoeddwydIn their own right: translating the policy of carer assessment into practice.
  Reeves, C. L., Seddon, D., Robinson, C. A., Reeves, C., Tommis, Y., Woods, R. T. & Russell, I. T., 1 Rhag 2007, Yn : British Journal of Social Work. 37, 8, t. 1335-1352
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydInvolving families in care homes: A relationship-centred approach to dementia care
  Woods, R. T., Keady, J. & Seddon, D., 15 Medi 2007, Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 144 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr
• CyhoeddwydRural-urban differences in the effects on mental well-being of caring for people with stroke or dementia.
  Reeves, C. L., Tommis, Y., Seddon, D., Woods, R. T., Robinson, C. A., Reeves, C. & Russell, I. T., 1 Tach 2007, Yn : Aging and Mental Health. 11, 6, t. 743-750
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2006

• CyhoeddwydGuidelines for gynecological cancer - an audit of current network documents in England and Wales.
  Leeson, S. C., Edmondson, R. J., Heatley, M. K., Nunns, D., Rollason, T., Reynolds, K., Seddon, D., Whitaker, R. & Kehoe, S., 1 Maw 2006, Yn : International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 16, 2, t. 470-477
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2005

• CyhoeddwydCarers and caregiving in the context of intermediate and continuing care.
  Seddon, D., Robinson, C. A., Roe, B. (gol.) & Beech, R. (gol.), 1 Ion 2005, Intermediate and Continuing Care: Policy and Practice. 2005 gol. Blackwells, t. 237-248
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod

2004

• CyhoeddwydSupporting carers in paid employment: developing a needs-led approach.
  Seddon, D., Robinson, C. A., Bowen, S. & Boyle, M., 1 Meh 2004, Yn : Quality in Ageing. 5, 1, t. 14-23
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2003

• CyhoeddwydOlder people with a sensory impairment: the assessment and management of care.
  Robinson, C. A., Seddon, D., Webb, V., Hill, J. & Soulsby, J., 1 Ion 2003, Yn : Quality in Ageing. 4, 1, t. 22-31
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2002

• CyhoeddwydCommitted to caring: carer experiences following the admission of a relative into nursing or residential care.
  Seddon, D., Jones, K. & Boyle, M., 1 Ion 2002, Yn : Quality in Ageing. 3, 3, t. 16-26
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
• CyhoeddwydThe experience of caring for older people with dementia in a rural area: using services.
  Wenger, G. C., Scott, A. & Seddon, D., 1 Chwef 2002, Yn : Aging and Mental Health. 6, 1, t. 30-38
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2001

• CyhoeddwydCarers of older people with dementia: assessment and the Carers Act.
  Seddon, D. & Robinson, C. A., 1 Mai 2001, Yn : Health and Social Care in the Community. 9, 3, t. 151-158
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2013

• Supporting carers for people with mental health problems: the caring journey.

  Invited presentation ESRC seminar: Carers in the 21st century - developing the evidence base

  3 Meh 2013

  Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr)
• Adult survivors & their families: current needs & service responses

  Invited presentation: Bradford Specialist Sexual Violence & Abuse Advisory Group, Emerging Science and voices. A conference exploring recovery opportunities & evidenced outcomes.

  23 Ion 2013

  Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr)

2010

• Unified Assessment in Wales: older people with complex needs & their families

  New frontiers in caring: 2010 and beyond. 5th international carers conference.

  9 Gorff 2010 – 11 Gorff 2017

  Gweithgaredd: Cyflwyniad llafar (Siaradwr)

• KESS II MRes with Anglesey County Council- BUK2192

  01/04/2020 – 31/03/2021 (Wedi gorffen)

• Co-creating, commissioning and delivering meaningful short breaks: integrating research, policy and practice

  01/05/2019 – 31/05/2022 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

• Shared Care Scotland Scoping Review: Short Breaks for Carers

  01/02/2019 – 01/08/2019 (Wedi gorffen)

• KESS II MRes with Cyngor Gwynedd- BUK2151

  01/12/2018 – 30/09/2020 (Wedi gorffen)

• KESS II PhD project with Mencap Cymru BUK243

  01/07/2016 – 31/07/2020 (Wedi gorffen)

• Infrastructure for Social Care Research (extension)

  01/04/2015 – 29/09/2016 (Wedi gorffen)

  Cysylltau:

  • http://www.cadr.cymru/en/

• Explore the experience of Huntingdon's Disease.

  05/11/2012 – 04/11/2013 (Wedi gorffen)

• Gwent Carers Support Evaluation

  01/04/2011 – 30/06/2012 (Wedi gorffen)

• Adult survivors and their families: current needs and service response

  31/03/2010 – 01/08/2019 (Wedi gorffen)

• Unified Assessment Process In Wales

  31/03/2008 – 30/10/2011 (Wedi gorffen)

• Word - Carers Strategy In Wales

  01/03/2003 – 01/10/2009 (Wedi gorffen)