Dr Emily Fisher

Journal articles

• Fisher E, Chick I, Fossey J & Spector A (2025) Barriers and facilitators to implementing cognitive stimulation and reminiscence therapy for dementia in care homes: systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 40(7). View this article in WRRO
• Ahuja B, Fisher E, Mukadam N, Kurana S & Spector A (2025) How dementia inclusive are public health‐care policies for older adults in India? A systematic review. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging, 1(3).
• Fisher E, Mkenda S, Walker J, Safic S, Stoner CR, Dotchin C, Paddick S-M, Lyimo G, Rogathi J, Jelen M , Breckons M et al (2025) Implementing Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for dementia in a low-resource setting: a case study in Tanzania exploring barriers, facilitators, and recommendations for practice. Global Implementation Research and Applications, 5(1), 106-123. View this article in WRRO
• Galbraith-Olive MA, Safic S, Mwaipopo L, Ernest A, Gray WK, Urasa S, Dotchin C, Fisher E, Spector A & Walker R (2024) Care needs of people with dementia in Tanzania and associated impact on carers: A cross-sectional, observational study. Dementia, 23(6), 1021-1035.
• Fisher E, Venkatesan S, Benevides P, Bertrand E, Brum PS, El Baou C, Ferri CP, Fossey J, Jelen M, Laks J , Liu L et al (2024) Online cognitive stimulation therapy for dementia in Brazil and India: acceptability, feasibility, and lessons for implementation. JMIR Aging, 7. View this article in WRRO
• Spector A, Abdul Wahab ND, Stott J, Fisher E, Hui EK, Perkins L, Leung WG, Evans R, Wong G & Felstead C (2024) Virtual Group Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. The Gerontologist, 64(8).
• Naylor R, Spector A, Fisher E, Fucci F, Bertrand E, Marinho V, Bomilcar I, Coutinho B, Laks J & Mograbi DC (2024) Experiences of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) in Brazil: a qualitative study of people with dementia and their caregivers. Aging & Mental Health, 28(2), 238-243.
• Fisher E, Mograbi DC, Ferri CP, Santos RL, Naylor R, Brum PS, Bertrand E, Benevides P, Vaitheswaran S, Venkatesan S , Natarajan N et al (2023) International implementation of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy in Brazil, India and Tanzania: Findings from the CST‐International study. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S19).
• Spector AE, Perkins L, Fisher E, Felstead C, Wong GHY, Dai R, Vaitheswaran S, Natarajan N, Venkatesan S, Mograbi DC , Ferri CP et al (2023) Virtual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for dementia: The development, feasibility and initial outcomes of a global framework. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S19).
• Kurana S, Fisher E, Azadi A, Begum A, Ahuja B, Proctor D, Windle G, Flynn G, Singh G, Mukaty N , Masterson‐Algar P et al (2023) iSupport for South Asian carers in the UK. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(S19).
• Walker J, Dotchin C, Breckons M, Fisher E, Lyimo G, Mkenda S, Walker R, Urasa S, Rogathi J & Spector A (2023) Patient and caregiver experiences of living with dementia in Tanzania. Dementia, 22(8), 1900-1920. View this article in WRRO
• Moore KJ, Crawley S, Fisher E, Cooper C, Vickerstaff V & Sampson EL (2023) Exploring how family carers of a person with dementia manage pre‐death grief: a mixed methods study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 38(3). View this article in WRRO
• Koren T, Fisher E, Webster L, Livingston G & Rapaport P (2023) Prevalence of sleep disturbances in people with dementia living in the community: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Research Reviews, 83, 101782-101782.
• Crawley S, Moore K, Vickerstaff V, Fisher E, Cooper C & Sampson EL (2022) How do factors of sociodemographic, health literacy and dementia experience influence carers’ knowledge of dementia?. Dementia, 21(4), 1270-1288. View this article in WRRO
• Perkins L, Fisher E, Felstead C, Rooney C, Wong GHY, Dai R, Vaitheswaran S, Natarajan N, Mograbi D, Ferri CP , Stott J et al (2022) Delivering cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) virtually: developing and field-testing a new framework. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 17, 97-116. View this article in WRRO
• Fisher E, Crawley S, Sampson EL, Cooper C, Jones R, Anantapong K & Moore K (2022) Practical and emotional preparation for death: a mixed methods study investigating experiences of family carers of people with dementia. Dementia, 21(3), 934-956. View this article in WRRO
• Hayward JK, Gould C, Palluotto E, Kitson E, Fisher ER & Spector A (2022) Interventions promoting family involvement with care homes following placement of a relative with dementia: A systematic review. Dementia, 21(2), 618-647.
• Stoner CR, Lakshminarayanan M, Mograbi DC, Vaitheswaran S, Bertrand E, Schimidt Brum P, Durgante H, Ferri CP, Mkenda S, Walker R , Dotchin C et al (2022) Development and acceptability of a brief, evidence-based Dementia Awareness for Caregivers course in low- and middle-income countries. Dementia, 21(2), 598-617.
• (2021) GP2: The Global Parkinson's Genetics Program. Movement Disorders, 36(4), 842-851.
• de Carvalho RLS, Fisher E, Natarajan N, Hui EK, Venkatesan S, Vaitheswaran S, Laksminarayanan M, Brum PS, Naylor-Batista R, Bertrand E , Mograbi DC et al () Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual “Dementia Awareness for Caregivers” Course in Brazil and India. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 39(1), 51-59.
• Medel N, Solís P, Mintz I, Villella I, Fisher E, Kochen S & Spector A () Adaptación cultural de una terapia de estimulación cognitiva. Vertex Revista Argentina de Psiquiatría, 35(166), 47-55.
• DU B, Jones S, Bailey J, S PR, Chandra M, Vaitheswaran S, K S S, Goswami SP, Spector A, Fisher E , G S et al () Older adults’ experience of neuropsychological assessments for dementia screening in South India: a qualitative study. Wellcome Open Research, 8, 421-421.
• Fisher E, Proctor D, Perkins L, Felstead C, Stott J & Spector A () Is Virtual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy the Future for People with Dementia? An Audit of UK NHS Memory Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 8(4), 360-367.

Reports

• Spector A & Fisher E (2022) World Alzheimer Report 2022 – Life after diagnosis: Navigating treatment, care and support

Preprints

• Hock ES, Waters-Harvey B, Griffiths AW, Fisher E, Backhouse T, Cunha I, Scott S, Giebel C, Jones L, Mehta J , Spilsbury K et al (2025) Strategies to support safe wandering in care homes for older adults – what works, for whom, and in which circumstances?: A realist synthesis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Fisher E, Venkatesan S, Benevides P, Bertrand E, Brum PS, El Baou C, Ferri CP, Fossey J, Jelen M, Laks J , Liu L et al (2023) Online Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia in Brazil and India: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Lessons for Implementation (Preprint), JMIR Publications Inc..