Publications
2025
- PublishedEconomic costs of health and social care for a child with a life-limiting condition in their last year of life: a systematic review
Prendergast, L., Crane, E., Bray, N. & Noyes, J., 16 Jul 2025, In: BMJ paediatrics open. 9, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - UnpublishedEstimating the costs of palliative and end-of-life care for children with life-limiting conditions in Wales
Prendergast, L., Crane, E., Bray, N. & Noyes, J., 24 Sept 2025, (Unpublished) 44 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report - PublishedMapping the Role of the End-Of-Life Doula: A Scoping Review and Logic Model Framing
Prendergast, L., Saltus, R. & Depledge, J., 24 Nov 2025, In: OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - E-pub ahead of printMy Strongest Card Is ‘I’m Not a Social Worker.’ Practitioner Perspectives on Care-Leaver’s Service Engagement
Prendergast, L., Seddon, D. & Davies, C. T., 14 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Practice. p. 1 - 17 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- Published'A lot of people think it's just a Mickey Mouse role': Role ambiguity among dementia support workers within secondary care and community hospital settings
Prendergast, L. M., Davies, C. T. & Williamson, T., Feb 2024, In: Dementia. 23, 2, p. 191-209 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedBarriers and enablers to care-leavers engagement with multi-agency support: A scoping review
Prendergast, L., Davies, C. T., Seddon, D., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., Apr 2024, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 159, 107501.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEngaging Care Leavers: Care-leaver's Engagement with Multi-agency Services. An Evidence Informed Good Practice Toolkit
Davies, C. T., Prendergast, L., Seddon, D., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., May 2024, 2 ed. Prifysgol Bangor University. 40 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review - PublishedESA European Sociological Association 2024 in Porto: 'Facilitators and Barriers to Care-leavers Engagement With After-care Services: Findings From A Realist Informed Study '.
Davies, C. T. & Prendergast, L., Aug 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedEuHEA Conference 2024 (European Health Economics Association) held at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) - 'Care-leavers engagement with support services: identifying the added social value of a practice model and toolkit through a social return on investment'
Davies, C. T. & Prendergast, L., Jul 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review - PublishedSupporting 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., 8 Feb 2024, In: Working with Older People. 28, 1, p. 9-19 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedA study to explore the feasibility of using a social return on investment approach to evaluate short breaks
Toms, G., Stringer, C., Prendergast, L., Seddon, D., Anthony, B. & Edwards, R. T., 24 Aug 2023, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 2023, 11 p., 4699751.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- 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. 27, 7, p. 1282-1290
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
2021
- PublishedAn Evaluation of the IPS Programme: I CAN Work
Williams, S., Prendergast, L., Roberts, S., Burton, C. & Hartfiel, N., 2021, Bangor University. 88 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report - PublishedMaking 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 Jun 2021, In: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSchizophrenia outcomes in the 21st century: A systematic review
Huxley, P., Krayer, A., Poole, R., Prendergast, L., Aryal , S. & Warner, R., Jun 2021, In: Brain and behavior. 11, 6, 12 p., e02172.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedA self- governing reserve army of labour? The commodification of the young unemployed through welfare policy, practice and discourse
Prendergast, L., 27 Nov 2020, In: People, Place, and Policy. 14, 3, p. 262-281
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedShort Breaks for carers: a scoping review
Seddon, D. & Prendergast, L., Sept 2019, 49 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
2014
- PublishedEvaluating Barriers to Entering the Assembly: What Prevents Us From Standing
Robinson, C., Cahill, D., Nikolopoulos, K., Clear, S., Harvey, J., Prendergast, L., Pritchard, H. & Roberts, H., 1 Jul 2014, National Assembly for Wales. 48 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Activities
2026
- College of Medicine and Health’s: Women’s Health Symposium
Poster: 3 – Louise Prendergast | Bangor University
‘Understanding Barriers and Enablers to Maternal Influenza
Vaccination in the Americas: Findings from a Scoping
Review
10 Sep 2026
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker) - Inequalities in palliative and end of life care | The Health Equity Seminar Series
Palliative and end of life care in the UK is shaped by persistent and overlapping inequalities. This webinar, presented by Dr Louise Prendergast, explores how factors such as diagnosis, socioeconomic disadvantage, and poverty affect people’s access to care and their experiences at the end of life. It also considers how these inequalities might be addressed through research, policy, and system level change.
21 May 2026
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2025
- Together for short lives conference
Paper presentation: Identifying the economic costs of paediatric palliative care: A scoping review for future service planning
Poster: Estimating the cost of paediatric palliative care in Wales for children with a life-limiting condition in the last 2 months of life
31 May 2025
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
2024
- End of study symposium: Exploring the barriers and enablers to engagement with care-leavers
Co-organiser and presenter: research symposium 'care-leavers engagement with services'
11 Sep 2024
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
2023
- Spotlight on palliative and end-of-life care
Event organised following funding from Bangor University Community Collaboration fund to explore issues and challenges within palliative and end-of-life care, unpaid carers and health and social care workforce.
16 Jun 2023
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Organiser) - EUROPEAN SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE 2023
Paper presentation: A Scoping Review: Exploring the nature of engagement with Care Leavers
23 May 2023
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
2022
- Evaluation of the Dementia Support Worker role (BCUHB)
Presentation and discussion of findings: evaluation of the Dementia Support Worker role within secondary care and community hospital settings
28 Oct 2022
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
2018
- Integration or fragmentation of care services?
Presentation of qualitative findings from interviews with Professionals. Social Network Analysis Project
11 Sep 2018
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)
2013
- Public Health Wales Conference
Two in person workshops: Making the invisible visible: measuring the social value of prevention - Explore practical approaches to measuring the social value of prevention and using evidence to strengthen decision-making and investment
31 Oct 2013
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
Other Grants and Projects
Exploring the barriers and enablers to effective engagement with care leavers Active 1/9/22 – 31/10/24 RO
Evaluation of Dementia Support roles in the secondary care setting at BCUHB 1/3/22 – 15/9/22 RO Status finished
What works for who and in what circumstances’: A Realist Evaluation of the IPS programme with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board 01/06/2019 – 31/01/2022 (Finished) RO Status finished
Short breaks for people living with dementia and their carers ...through a Social Return on Investment approach 10/20 → 31/10/22 RO Status finished