Lisa Berry

Editor

Lisa has worked in healthcare publishing for many years. She joined RCNi as assistant clinical editor of Nursing Standard in 2001, and became editor of Nursing Older People in 2009.

Email: lisa.berry@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3169
Twitter: @RCNi_Lisa

Zena Aldridge

Consultant editor

Independent dementia nurse consultant Zena Aldridge’s career in health and social care has spanned four decades, initially in domiciliary care and then as a nursing auxiliary in acute and community settings, before undertaking her nurse training in 2003.

Zena qualified as a mental health nurse at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in 2003 before going on to complete her master’s degree in mental health at the UEA in 2013. More recently in 2023, Zena obtained a PhD in Nursing Studies at De Montfort University with a thesis ‘Relationships, morality and emotion: Their impact and influence on nursing home staff decision-making when a resident with advanced dementia deteriorates’.

She has relished the challenge of less traditional roles throughout her career but always with a keen focus on improving the outcomes and experiences of care for older people, people living with dementia, their families and carers. Zena's specialist interest includes the care of older people, dementia care, palliative and end of life care, continence management, case management and biopsychosocial care, as well as service integration and quality improvement. Zena is a published author of multiple journal articles and contributor to three books.

Given her various areas of interest, skills and experience, Zena has held a portfolio of roles including East of England regional clinical adviser (dementia) NHS England; social care nurse fellow NIHR Nursing and Midwifery Office; and honorary visiting researcher at the University of Bradford.

Email: zenaaldridge@hotmail.co.uk or zena.aldridge@nihr.ac.uk
 

Duncan Tyler

Technical production editor
Email: duncan.tyler@rcni.com

Michael Watson

Copy editor
Email: michael.watson@rcni.com

Sandra Lynch

Content workflow administrator
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3152
Email: sandra.lynch@rcni.com