• Professional: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
  2008–2011
• Professional: Post-Graduate Certificate of Education
  London South Bank University, 2007–2008

I have interests in psychology, health and social care research. Previous projects have been in the fields of dementia and mental health and my current research project is exploring a short breaks service for people living with dementia and unpaid carers. 

2023

• E-pub ahead of printSupporting social connection for people living with dementia: lessons from the findings of the TRIO study
  Prendergast, L., Toms, G., Seddon, D., Jones, C., Anthony, B. & Edwards, R. T., 28 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Working with Older People. 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• E-pub ahead of printPositive experiences in dementia care-giving: findings from the IDEAL programme
  Quinn, C., Toms, G., Rippon, I., Nelis, S. M., Henderson, C., Morris, R. G., Rusted, J. M., Thom, J. M., van den Heuvel, E., Victor, C. & Clare, L., 29 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ageing and Society. 21 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedReflections on a personalized cognitive rehabilitation intervention: Experiences of people living with dementia and their carers participating in the GREAT trial
  Warmoth, K., Morgan-Trimmer, S., Kudlicka, A., Toms, G., James, I. A. & Woods, B., 7 Feb 2022, In: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 32, 2, p. 268-286 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUnderstanding the added social value of community-based day support: a social return on investment analysis of the TRIO scheme for people living with dementia, their family/ friend carers, and staff​
  Prendergast, L., Toms, G., Seddon, D., Anthony, B., Jones, C. & Edwards, R. T., 7 Jul 2022.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of print‘It was just – everything was normal’: outcomes for people living with dementia, their unpaid carers, and paid carers in a Shared Lives day support service
  Prendergast, L., Toms, G., Seddon, D., Edwards, R. T., Anthony, B. & Jones, C., 18 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Aging and Mental Health.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedSocial care: research, policy and practice in Wales
  Seddon, D., Toms, G. & Verity, F., 22 Mar 2021, Social Policy for Welfare Practice in Wales.. Gwilym, H. & Williams, C. (eds.). Third ed. Birmingham, UK: The British Association of Social Workers. , p. 19-34
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2020

• PublishedBuilding relational research capacity in care homes in the covid-19 era: applying Recognition Theory to the research agenda
  Toms, G., Green, S., Orrell, A. & Verity, F., 15 Dec 2020, In: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 21, 4, p. 229-239
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedInfluence of positive aspects of dementia caregiving on caregivers’ well-being: A systematic review
  Quinn, C. & Toms, G., Oct 2019, In: Gerontologist. 59, 5, p. e584-e596
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSocial care technologies for older people: evidence for instigating a broader and more inclusive dialogue
  Toms, G., Verity, F. & Orrell, A., Aug 2019, In: Technology in Society. 58, August, 101111.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe development and theoretical application of an implementation framework for dialectical behaviour therapy: a critical literature review
  Toms, G., Williams, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Swales, M. & Feigenbaum, J., 12 Feb 2019, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 6, 2, 16 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedGweld y Gair: Standardisation and clinical application of a Welsh language measure for estimation of premorbid intellectual functioning
  Clare, L., Toms, G., Thomas, E., Hindle, J. & Woods, R., 31 Jul 2017, In: FPOP Bulletin. 139
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedA pilot randomized controlled trial of a self-management group intervention for people with early-stage dementia (The SMART study)
  Quinn, C., Toms, G. R., Jones, C. L., Brand, A., Edwards, R. T., Sanders, F. & Clare, L., 1 May 2016, In: International Psychogeriatrics. 28, 5, p. 787-800
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedA systematic narrative review of support groups for people with dementia
  Toms, G. R., Toms, G., Clare, L., Nixon, J. & Quinn, C., 20 May 2015, In: International Psychogeriatrics. 27, 9, p. 1439-1465
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAccess to services by children with intellectual disability and mental health problems: Population-based evidence from the UK
  Toms, G. R., Healey, H. M., Toms, G., Totsika, V., Hastings, R. & Healey, H., 21 May 2015, In: Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. 40, 3, p. 239-247
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAwareness, Self, and the Experience of Dementia: Foundations of a Psychologically Minded Approach
  Toms, G., Lawrence, C. & Clare, L., 31 Aug 2015, Psychosocial Studies of the Individual's Changing Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease . Dick-Muehlke, C. & Li, R. (eds.). First ed. Pennsylvania: IGI Global, p. 132-158 ( Advances in Psychology, Mental Health, and Behavioral Studies (Apmhba) Book).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2014

• PublishedHelp Yourself: Perspectives on Self-Management From People With Dementia and Their Caregivers
  Toms, G. R., Toms, G., Quinn, C., Anderson, D. E. & Clare, L., 5 Sep 2014, In: Qualitative Health Research. 25, 1, p. 87-98
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSelf-management in early-stage dementia: a pilot randomised controlled trial of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a self-management group intervention (the SMART study)
  Quinn, C., Anderson, D., Toms, G. R., Whitaker, R., Edwards, R. T., Jones, C. & Clare, L., 8 Mar 2014, In: Trials. 2014, 15, p. 74
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Developing Evidence Enriched Programme (DEEP) 2023-2025

  01/04/2023 – 15/04/2025 (Active)

• Developing Evidence Enriched Programme (DEEP)

  01/10/2020 – 30/05/2023 (Finished)

• Short breaks for people living with dementia and their carers ...through a Social Return on Investment approach

  01/10/2020 – 28/04/2023 (Finished)

I am nearing completion of a Health and Care Research Wales funded project conducting a Social Return on Investment evaluation of a Shared Lives day support service. I assist in supervising two KESS II projects. One project is exploring social care at home overnight and another is exploring arts-based approaches in care homes. A previous KESS project considered how systems theory could inform the development of integrated health and social care services. 

My substantive post is with the Developing Evidence Enriched Practice programme. This programme seeks to increase the use of evidence (research, practitioner knowledge, organisational knowledge and lived experience) in social care to support learning, practice development and to improve services.