Kay de Vries

Kay de Vries is Professor of Older People's Health at De Montfort University, School of Nursing and Midwifery. With a nursing background spanning public health in New Zealand to UK-based palliative and geriatric care, her work focuses on virtue ethics (humility, generosity) within dementia and end-of-life care.

• Research spans acute hospitals, care homes, and community settings
• Key collaborator in INTERDEM, Alzheimer’s Research UK Midlands, and EMRAN networks
• Recipient of grants from Alzheimer’s Society, Burdett Trust, and National Lottery

Her research interests include: ethical frameworks in dementia care, informal caregiver support, mixed-methods methodology, and care home environments. She has supervised over 25 PhD students and led postgraduate research programs. Recent publications highlight pandemic impacts on dementia care, simulation training efficacy, and ethical dilemmas in acute settings. She serves as a journal reviewer for Nursing Ethics, Palliative Medicine, and Dementia and co-developed the internationally used PIECE-dem assessment tool.