Caroline Ellis-Hill

Dr Caroline Ellis-Hill

  • Senior Lecturer In Qualitative Research
  • Bournemouth Gateway Building BG504, St Pauls Lane, Bournemouth, BH8 8GP
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Biography

My interest lies in health and social care research, education and practice which supports being fully human, through taking a lifeworld-led approach. In this approach, consideration is given to what life feels like from the inside out, not only as seen from the outside in. Understandings are relational, ongoing and embodied. This approach is based on existential understandings from philosophical lifeworld approaches and focuses on what make us feel human. Humanising practices are those that incorporate this human knowing and support a sense of connection and wellbeing for both staff and service users. I am interested in the wellbeing of staff and service users in health and social care in general, building on my experience in occupational therapy and psychology within acquired physical disability. The approach is supported by education and working practices which encourage connection to personal experience and research approaches which privilege subjective experience and knowing; such as phenomenology, narrative, auto-ethnography, participatory action research and arts–based approaches.

Research

I am currently involved in two studies;

() Stroke Odysseys: What does performance arts education offer the stroke rehabilitation pathway? working with Rosetta Life https://www.rosettalife.org/ as part of the Wellcome Trust funded project SHAPER - Scaling-up Health Arts Programmes: Implementation and Effectiveness Research https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/shaper

() The InnovateDignity EU funded project which is an Innovative Training Network of 15 PhD students who will be the next generation of leaders to deliver innovations in dignified sustainable care systems for older people. Further information https://innovatedignity.eu/

Previous studies include:

() The HeART of stroke study -a feasbility study of an Arts and Health intervention for people after they have a stroke. More information about this project can be found at https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/projects/humanising-care-health-wellbeing/heart-stroke-study

() Humanising Services: A new transferable leadership strategy for improving 'what matters to older people' to enhance dignity in care. This study Involved working with staff and patients to humanise stroke services, applying a deep philosophical theory to practice.

All of these studies are linked to my interest in Lifeworld-led practice. When using a Lifeworld-led approach practice is based on understandings of how life feels from the inside out rather than how it is seen from the outside. Subjective existential aspects related to being human are the focus of understanding in relation to both service users and providers alike, leading to an overall aim of enhancing wellbeing for all...

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  • Ellis-Hill, C., Pound, C. and Galvin, K., 2022. Making the invisible more visible: Reflections on practice-based humanising lifeworld-led research – existential opportunities for supporting dignity, compassion and wellbeing. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 36 (4), 1037-1045.
  • Galvin, K.T., Pound, C., Cowdell, F., Ellis-Hill, C., Sloan, C., Brooks, S. and Ersser, S.J., 2020. A lifeworld theory-led action research process for humanizing services: improving “what matters” to older people to enhance humanly sensitive care. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 15 (1).
  • Whiffin, C.J., Ellis-Hill, C., Bailey, C., Jarrett, N. and Hutchinson, P.J., 2019. We are not the same people we used to be: An exploration of family biographical narratives and identity change following traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29 (8), 1256-1272.
  • Ellis-Hill, C. et al., 2019. HeART of Stroke: Randomised controlled, parallel-Arm, feasibility study of a community-based arts and health intervention plus usual care compared with usual care to increase psychological well-being in people following a stroke. BMJ Open, 9 (3).
  • Galvin, K.T., Sloan, C., Cowdell, F., Ellis-Hill, C., Pound, C., Watson, R., Ersser, S. and Brooks, S., 2018. Facilitating a dedicated focus on the human dimensions of care in practice settings: Development of a new humanised care assessment tool (HCAT) to sensitise care. Nursing Inquiry, 25 (3).
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Thomas, S. et al., 2015. 'HeART of Stroke (HoS)', a community-based Arts for Health group intervention to support self-confidence and psychological well-being following a stroke: Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study. BMJ Open, 5 (8).
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Robison, J., Wiles, R., McPherson, K.M., Hyndman, D. and Ashburn, A., 2009. Going home to get on with life: Patients and carers experiences of being discharged from hospital following a stroke. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31, 61-72.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Payne, S. and Ward, C., 2008. Using stroke to explore the Life Thread Model: An alternative approach to understanding rehabilitation following an acquired disability. Disability & Rehabilitation, 30, 150-159.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Payne, S. and Ward, C., 2000. Self-body split: issues of identity in physical recovery following a stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 22, 725-733.
  • Ellis-Hill, C.S. and Horn, S., 2000. Change in identity and self-concept: A new theoretical approach to recovery following a stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 14 (3), 279-287.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Journal Articles

  • Whiffin, C.J. et al., 2024. Developing the 'Life Threads' approach to support families after traumatic brain injury in UK community settings: protocol for a qualitative prefeasibility study. BMJ Open, 14 (10), e084204.
  • Lafiatoglou, P., Ellis-Hill, C., Gouva, M., Ploumis, A. and Mantzoukas, S., 2024. Older adults' lived experiences of physical rehabilitation for acquired brain injury and their perceptions of well-being: A qualitative phenomenological study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 33 (3), 1134-1149.
  • Nyende, A., Ellis-Hill, C. and Mantzoukas, S., 2023. A Sense of Control and Wellbeing in Older People Living with Frailty: A Scoping Review. Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
  • Norton, E., Hemingway, A. and Ellis Hill, C., 2023. The meaning and impact on well-being of bespoke dancing sessions for those living with Parkinson’s. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 18 (1).
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Pound, C. and Galvin, K., 2022. Making the invisible more visible: Reflections on practice-based humanising lifeworld-led research – existential opportunities for supporting dignity, compassion and wellbeing. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 36 (4), 1037-1045.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Dewar, B. and Watkins, C., 2022. Knowing-in-action that centres humanising relationships on stroke units: An appreciative action research study. Brain Impairment, 23 (1), 60-75.
  • Whiffin, C.J. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2022. How does a narrative understanding of change in families post brain injury help us to humanise our professional practice? Brain Impairment, 23 (1), 125-133.
  • Holloway, M. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2022. Humanising health and social care: What do family members of people with a severe acquired brain injury value most in service provision. Brain Impairment, 23 (1), 134-142.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Kayes, N.M. and Douglas, J.M., 2022. We are human - an invisible and fundamental aspect of rehabilitation in acquired brain injury. Brain Impairment, 23 (1), 1-3.
  • Lafiatoglou, P., Ellis-Hill, C., Gouva, M., Ploumis, A. and Mantzoukas, S., 2022. A systematic review of the qualitative literature on older individuals’ experiences of care and well-being during physical rehabilitation for acquired brain injury. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78 (2), 377-394.
  • Whiffin, C.J., Gracey, F. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2021. The experience of families following traumatic brain injury in adult populations: A meta-synthesis of narrative structures. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 123.
  • Galvin, K.T., Pound, C., Cowdell, F., Ellis-Hill, C., Sloan, C., Brooks, S. and Ersser, S.J., 2020. A lifeworld theory-led action research process for humanizing services: improving “what matters” to older people to enhance humanly sensitive care. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 15 (1).
  • Whiffin, C.J., Ellis-Hill, C., Bailey, C., Jarrett, N. and Hutchinson, P.J., 2019. We are not the same people we used to be: An exploration of family biographical narratives and identity change following traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29 (8), 1256-1272.
  • Collard, S.S. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2019. ‘I’d rather you didn’t come’: The impact of stigma on exercising with epilepsy. Journal of Health Psychology, 24 (10), 1345-1355.
  • Ellis-Hill, C. et al., 2019. HeART of Stroke: Randomised controlled, parallel-Arm, feasibility study of a community-based arts and health intervention plus usual care compared with usual care to increase psychological well-being in people following a stroke. BMJ Open, 9 (3).
  • Galvin, K.T., Sloan, C., Cowdell, F., Ellis-Hill, C., Pound, C., Watson, R., Ersser, S. and Brooks, S., 2018. Facilitating a dedicated focus on the human dimensions of care in practice settings: Development of a new humanised care assessment tool (HCAT) to sensitise care. Nursing Inquiry, 25 (3).
  • Collard, S.S. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2017. Can lack of knowledge of health professionals on epilepsy and exercise prescription be a barrier to exercise practice? Reply to Vancini et al. [1]. Epilepsy and Behavior, 75, 270.
  • Collard, S.S. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2017. How do you exercise with epilepsy? Insights into the barriers and adaptations to successfully exercise with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 70, 66-71.
  • Chung, P.Y.F., Ellis-Hill, C. and Coleman, P., 2017. Supporting activity engagement by family carers at home: Maintenance of agency and personhood in dementia. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 12 (1).
  • Hemingway, A., Ellis-Hill, C. and Norton, E., 2016. What does care farming provide for clients? The views of care farm staff. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 79, 23-29.
  • North, S., Hemingway, A., Maclean, A., Laurie, H. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2016. Evaluating a natural horsemanship program in relation to the ISES first principles of horse training. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 15 (Sept/Oct), 87.
  • Triccas, L.T., Donovan-Hall, M., Burridge, J., Ellis-Hill, C., Dibb, B. and Rushton, D., 2016. Cognitive interviewing techniques used in developing questionnaires on functional electrical stimulation in spinal cord injury. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 23 (3), 114-121.
  • Heaslip, V., hewitt-taylor, J., Alexander, P., Ellis-Hill, C. and Seibert-Santos, C., 2015. What factors influence Fair Access students to consider university and what do they look for? Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 17 (4), 67-88.
  • Whiffin, C.J., Bailey, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Jarrett, N. and Hutchinson, P.J., 2015. Narratives of family transition during the first year post-head injury: Perspectives of the non-injured members. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71 (4), 849-859.
  • Hemingway, A., Meek, R. and Hill, C.E., 2015. An Exploration of an Equine-Facilitated Learning Intervention with Young Offenders. Society and Animals, 23 (6), 544-568.
  • Kang, M.-Y. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2015. How do people live life successfully with Parkinson's disease? Journal of Clinical Nursing.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Thomas, S. et al., 2015. 'HeART of Stroke (HoS)', a community-based Arts for Health group intervention to support self-confidence and psychological well-being following a stroke: Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study. BMJ Open, 5 (8).
  • Dibb, B., Ellis-Hill, C., Donovan-Hall, M., Burridge, J. and Rushton, D., 2014. Exploring positive adjustment in people with spinal cord injury. J Health Psychol, 19 (8), 1043-1054.
  • Whiffin, C.J., Bailey, C., Ellis-Hill, C. and Jarrett, N., 2014. Challenges and solutions during analysis in a longitudinal narrative case study. Nurse Res, 21 (4), 20-26.
  • Ostler, C., Ellis-Hill, C. and Donovan-Hall, M., 2014. Expectations of rehabilitation following lower limb amputation: a qualitative study. Disabil Rehabil, 36 (14), 1169-1175.
  • Hughes, A.-M., Burridge, J.H., Demain, S.H., Ellis-Hill, C., Meagher, C., Tedesco-Triccas, L., Turk, R. and Swain, I., 2014. Translation of evidence-based Assistive Technologies into stroke rehabilitation: users' perceptions of the barriers and opportunities. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 14.
  • Demain, S., Burridge, J., Ellis-Hill, C., Hughes, A.-M., Yardley, L., Tedesco-Triccas, L. and Swain, I., 2013. Assistive technologies after stroke: self-management or fending for yourself? A focus group study. BMC Health Serv Res, 13, 334.
  • Belchamber, C.A., Gousy, M.H. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2013. Fostering Hope Through Palliative Rehabilitation. European Journal of Palliative Care, 20 (3), 136-139.
  • Pulman, A., Galvin, K., Hutchings, M., Todres, L., Quinney, A., Ellis-Hill, C. and Atkins, P., 2012. Empathy and dignity through technology: Using lifeworld-led multimedia to enhance learning about the head, heart and hand. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 10 (3), 348-359.
  • Taylor, C., McDermott, C.R., Ellis-Hill, C., Frossell, S., Cox, D. and Yardley, J., 2012. Neuro-Linguistic- Programming: a route to enhancing client-centred practice in CFS/ME? BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, 75, 112.
  • Williams, V., Bruton, A., Ellis-Hill, C. and McPherson, K., 2011. The importance of movement for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Qualitative Health Research, 21, 1239-1248.
  • Donovan-Hall, M.K., Burridge, J., Dibb, B., Ellis-Hill, C. and Rushton, D., 2011. The views of people with spinal cord injury about the use of functional electrical stimulation. Artificial Organs, 35, 204-211.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2011. Identity and sense of self: the significance of personhood in rehabilitation. Journal of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses' Association, 14, 6-12.
  • Demain, S., Wiles, R., McPherson, K., Ellis-Hill, C., Kileff, J. and Robison, J., 2010. Qualitative research highlights the challenges of developing new roles for physiotherapy in the optimisation of activity following stroke. Physiotherapy, 96 (1), 75.
  • Williams, V., Bruton, A., Ellis-Hill, C. and McPherson, K.M., 2010. The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on perceptions of breathlessness and activity in COPD patients: a qualitative study. Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group, 19, 45-51.
  • Kersten, P., Ellis-Hill, C., McPherson, K.M. and Harrington, R., 2010. Beyond the RCT – understanding the relationship between interventions, individuals and outcome – the example of neurological rehabilitation. Disability & Rehabilitation, 32, 1028-1034.
  • Collier, L., McPherson, K., Ellis-Hill, C., Staal, J. and Bucks, R., 2010. Multisensory stimulation to improve functional performance in moderate to severe dementia--interim results. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 25, 698-703.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Robison, J., Wiles, R., McPherson, K.M., Hyndman, D. and Ashburn, A., 2009. Going home to get on with life: Patients and carers experiences of being discharged from hospital following a stroke. Disability & Rehabilitation, 31, 61-72.
  • Robison, J., Wiles, R., Ellis-Hill, C., McPherson, K.M., Hyndman, D. and Ashburn, A., 2009. Resuming previously valued activities post-stroke: who or what helps? Disability and Rehabilitation, 31, 1555-1566.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C. and Ashburn, A., 2009. The use of conversational analysis: nurse-patient interaction in communication disability after stroke. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65, 544-553.
  • Chung, P.Y.F., Ellis-Hill, C. and Coleman, P.G., 2008. Carers perspectives on the activity patterns of people with dementia. Dementia, 7 (3), 359-381.
  • Medland, J. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2008. Why do able-bodied people take part in wheelchair sports? Disability & Society, 23, 107-116.
  • Wiles, R., Demain, S., Robison, J., Kileff, J., Ellis-Hill, C. and McPherson, K.M., 2008. Exercise on prescription schemes for stroke patients post-discharge from physiotherapy. Disability & Rehabilitation, 30, 1966-1975.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Payne, S. and Ward, C., 2008. Using stroke to explore the Life Thread Model: An alternative approach to understanding rehabilitation following an acquired disability. Disability & Rehabilitation, 30, 150-159.
  • McPherson, K.M. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2007. Occupational therapy after stroke. BMJ, 335 (7626), 894-895.
  • Williams, V., Bruton, A., Ellis-Hill, C. and McPherson, K., 2007. What really matters to patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? An exploratory study. Chron Respir Dis, 4 (2), 77-85.
  • Arnold, E., Bruton, A. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2006. Adherence to pulmonary rehabilitation: A qualitative study. Respir Med, 100 (10), 1716-1723.
  • Ottewill, R., Demain, S., Ellis-Hill, C., Greenyer, C.H. and Kileff, J., 2006. An expert patient-led approach to learning and teaching: the case of physiotherapy. Med Teach, 28 (4), e120-e126.
  • Deane, K.H.O., Ellis-Hill, C., Dekker, K., Davies, P. and Clarke, C.E., 2003. A Delphi survey of best practice occupational therapy for Parkinson's disease in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66 (6), 247-254.
  • Deane, K.H.O., Ellis-Hill, C., Dekker, K., Davies, P. and Clarke, C.E., 2003. A survey of current occupational therapy practice for Parkinson's disease in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66 (5), 193-200.
  • Deane, K.H.O., Ellis-Hill, C., Jones, D., Whurr, R., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Playford, E.D. and Clarke, C.E., 2002. Systematic review of paramedical therapies for Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord, 17 (5), 984-991.
  • May, J., Ellis-Hill, C. and Payne, S., 2001. Gatekeeping and legitimization: how informal carers' relationship with health care workers is revealed in their everyday interactions. J Adv Nurs, 36 (3), 364-375.
  • Deane, K.H., Jones, D., Ellis-Hill, C., Clarke, C.E., Playford, E.D. and Ben-Shlomo, Y., 2001. A comparison of physiotherapy techniques for patients with Parkinson's disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, CD002815.
  • Deane, K.H., Ellis-Hill, C., Playford, E.D., Ben-Shlomo, Y. and Clarke, C.E., 2001. Occupational therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, CD002813.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2001. Having your say on the national scene. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64 (8), 379.
  • Ellis-Hill, C.S., 2000. New world, new rules: Life narratives and changes in self-concept in the first year after stroke. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63 (12), 572.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Payne, S. and Ward, C., 2000. Self-body split: issues of identity in physical recovery following a stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 22, 725-733.
  • Ellis-Hill, C.S. and Horn, S., 2000. Change in identity and self-concept: A new theoretical approach to recovery following a stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 14 (3), 279-287.
  • ELLIS-HILL, C.S., 2000. Change in identity and self-concept : a new theoretical approach to recovery following a stroke. Clin Rehabil, 14, 279-287.
  • Ellis, B., Connell, N.A.D. and Ellis-Hill, C., 1998. Role, training and job satisfaction of physiotherapy assistants. Physiotherapy, 84 (12), 608-616.

Books

Chapters

  • Ellis-Hill, C. and Payne, S., 2011. The future: Interventions and conceptual issues. Chronic and Terminal Illness new perspectives on caring and carers.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2011. Caring and identity: The experience of spouses in stroke and other chronic neurological conditions. Chronic and Terminal Illness new perspectives on caring and carers.
  • Payne, S. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2011. Being a carer. Chronic and Terminal Illness new perspectives on caring and carers.

Conferences

  • Tarrant, J., 2024. Behind closed doors - the lived experience of caring for patients in the perioperative setting. In: European Operating Room Nurse Association (EORNA) conference 16-18 May 2024 Valencia, Spain.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2022. Lifeworld-led rehabilitation after a stroke – enhancing human connection and wellbeing in practice. In: 17th UK Stroke Forum Conference, 29 November-1 December 2022 ACC Liverpool.
  • Leal, P., Heaslip, V. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2022. What is the Impact of Regulator Fitness-to-Practise proceedings on Health and Social Care Professionals’ Mental Health? A Narrative Literature Review. In: Royal Pharmaceutical Society Conference 11 November 2022 Liverpool.
  • Whiffin, C., Gracey, F. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2022. The experience of families following Traumatic Brain Injury in adult populations: A meta-synthesis of narrative structures United kingdom. In: United Kingdom Brain Injury Forum 7 November-7 September 2022 Manchester.
  • Lafiatoglou, P., Ellis-Hill, C., Gouva, M., Ploumis, A. and Mantzoukas, S., 2021. Lafiatoglou P Ellis- Hill C , Gouva M, Ploumis A, Mantzoukas S (2021) A systematic literature review of older individuals’ experiences of care and well-being during Acquired Brain Injury physical rehabilitation RCN International Nursing Research Conference2021 online , 7-9th Sept 2021. In: RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2021 7-9 September 2021 Online.
  • Whiffin, C., Gracey, F. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2021. A Meta-Synthesis of the Family Experience of Traumatic Brain Injury in Adult Populations: Reflections on a Methodology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, 20, 97-98.
  • Norton, E., Hemingway, A. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2019. Reflections on humanising the research process. In: Humanising Care, Health and Wellbeing 13-14 June 2019 Bournemouth University.
  • Paglioni, M., Ellis-Hill, C., Board, M., Branney, J. and Valentine, J., 2019. Exploring the experience of older people who attend a hospital Accident and Emergency Department and the ways in which having an Intentional Compassionate Communication Intervention (ICCI) may affect this experience. In: The British Society of Gerontology 48th Annual Conference 10-12 July 2019 University of Liverpool.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2019. Addressing our human needs when supporting family members Family matters –understanding and addressing family needs after acquired brain injury 16th May 2019 , ,. In: Headfirst UK conference 16 May 2019 London, UK.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Dewar, B. and Watkins, C., 2019. Humanising communication between stroke unit practitioners (SUP) and patients with communication impairment (CI) to support therapeutic relationships. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, 14 (4_SUPPL), 13.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Watkins, C.L. and Dewar, B., 2018. An appreciative action research study to support humanising relationship-centred practices on stroke units. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, 13, 18.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Dewar, B. and Watkins, C., 2018. Enriching relational knowing on stroke units through appreciative action research. In: Collaborative Action Research Network Conference 25-27 October 2018 Manchester, UK.
  • Cox, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Board, M. and Vassallo, M., 2018. IDENtiFy Study: supporting the identity needs of frail older people. In: 2nd National Conference Assessment and Management of the Frail Older Person:in Secondary Care 3 October 2018 London, UK.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2018. Humanising healthcare through taking a lifeworld approach. In: Annual Research Showcase, 10 July 2018 College of Health and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby, UK.
  • Cox, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Board, M. and Vassallo, M., 2018. “All the bright colours, I’ve never seen anything like that before. It makes you happy, cheers you up.”: exploration of the physical environment and positive sense of self in frailty. In: British Society of Gerontology 47th Annual Conference - Ageing in an Unequal World: Shaping Environments for the 21st Century. 4-6 July 2018 Manchester, UK.
  • Gordon, C. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2018. Addressing wellbeing through building relationships and being human in stroke care. In: Joining Forces (South West Stroke Network) conference 28 June 2018 Exeter, UK.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Dewar, B. and Watkins, C., 2018. An appreciative action research (AAR) study to support the experience of multidisciplinary patient-centred approaches to stroke unit care and rehabilitation in hospitals.,. In: 4th European Stroke Organisation Conference 14-16 May 2018 Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2018. Lifeworld-led rehabilitation – a new approach to support psychosocial wellbeing following acquired brain injury. In: 41st ASSBI Annual Brain Impairment Conference 4-5 May 2018 Adelaide, Australia.
  • Cox, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Board, M. and Vassallo, M., 2018. Constructs of a ‘frail identity’ within a Day Hospital setting. In: International Conference of frailty and Sarcopenia Research 27th Feb – 4th March ) 27 February-4 March 2018 Miami USA.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Robison, J., Wiles, R., McPherson, K., Hyndman, D. and Ashburn, A., 2018. Improving stroke care across the stroke pathway. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, 13, 39.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Bagnall, C. and Thomas, J., 2017. The Humanising Care Project Supporting a caring and creative culture for patients and staff in a Stroke Service through Being Human. In: Wessex CSIP Safety and Improvement Conference 14 June 2017 Southampton.
  • Belchamber, C., Ellis-Hill, C. and Rosser, E., 2017. Evidence-based practice development project: private physiotherapy cancer care practice. In: Physiotherapy UK 2017 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Conference 10-11 November 2017 Birmingham, UK.
  • Belchamber, C., Ellis-Hill, C. and Rosser, E., 2017. Physiotherapy Palliative Cancer Care: Learning Through Innovation. In: Hospice UK 2017 National Conference 22-24 November 2017 Liverpool, UK.
  • Cox, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Board, M. and Vassalo, M., 2017. The aging 'frail' identity: creating positive identities with older people with frailty in a day hospital setting. In: BSG 2017 Annual Conference 5-7 July 2017 Swansea University, Swansea.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Cant, R., Galvin, K., Lamont-Robinson, C., Gracey, F. and Reynolds, F., 2017. Using a lifeworld approach as a theoretical underpinning to understand the HeART of stroke group. In: Culture, Health and Wellbeing International conference 2017 19-21 June 2017 Bristol, UK.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Paterson, S., Dewar, B. and Watkins, C., 2017. Enriching relational knowing in stroke care: development of practices to support relationships on a combined stroke unit. In: Joining Forces (South West Stroke Research Network) Conference 15 June 2017 Exeter.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Dewar, B. and Watkins, B., 2017. Enriching relational knowing in stroke care through appreciative action research. In: EACS/NNA conference "Wellbeing and caring in changing times 20-21 April 2017 Bodo, Norway.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Pound, C. and Bagnall, C., 2017. Humanising care: Translating theory into practice to support caring and creativity in a stroke service. In: EACS/NNA conference "Wellbeing and caring in changing times 20-21 April 2017 Nord University, Bodø, Norway.
  • Gordon, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Dewar, B. and Watkins, C., 2017. Gordon, C. ; Ellis-Hill, C.; Dewar, B.; Watkins, C.(2017) Enriching relational knowing in stroke care. In: Wessex Stroke Clinical and Research Network Annual Conference 23 March 2017 Basingstoke, UK.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Lamont-Robinson, C. and Legg, M., 2016. Creativity after stroke: using arts-based approaches in rehabilitation (invited speakers ). In: UK Stroke Forum 28-30 November 2016 Liverpool, UK.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2016. Lifeworld approaches to rehabilitation: opportunities for the future in acquired brain injury (invited speaker ). In: 8th Annual Conference UK Acquired Bran Injury Forum: From Surviving to Thriving with Acquired Brain Injury 14 November 2016 London, UK.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Thomas, S. et al., 2016. HeART of Stroke - A community based Arts & Health group for people following a stroke. In: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the world Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation 10-12 July 2016 Glasgow, UK.
  • Gracey, F. et al., 2016. Towards the abiding expanse: treatment components and processes in the HeART of Stroke¹ feasibility trial to support confidence and wellbeing post stroke. In: 13th Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the WFNR 11-12 July 2016 Glasgow , Scotland.
  • North, S., Hemingway, A., Laurie, H., McClean, A. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2016. Evaluating a natural horsemanship program in relation to the ISES First Principles of Horse Training. In: 12th International Equitation Science Conference 23-25 June 2016 Saumur France.
  • Whiffin, C., Bailey, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Jarrett, N. and Hutchinson, P., 2016. The Evolution of Self in the Presence of Illness and Injury: Using Narrative Inquiry to Facilitate Our Understanding. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, 15 (1).
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Thomas, S. et al., 2016. 'HeARTof Stroke' - a community- based arts-and-health group for people following a stroke: Acceptability and preliminary findings from a randomised controlled feasibility study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, 11, S10.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Thomas, S. et al., 2015. Protocol and preliminary findings of a multi-centre randomised controlled feasibility study of an Arts for Health group (HeART of Stroke) to support self-confidence and wellbeing following a stroke. In: International Neuropsychological Society mid-year meeting 1-2 July 2015 Sydney.
  • Neal, D.R., Khattab, A. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2015. LIFE AFTER STROKE; THE 'ASPIRE'PROGRAMME (ACUTE STROKE, SELF-MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, SECONDARY PREVENTION, INFORMATION, REHABILITATION, EXERCISE). CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, 39, 92.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Reynolds, F. and Lamont –Robinson, C., 2014. A narrative review of arts-based interventions to support self-connection following an acquired neurological disability. In: New Zealand Rehabilitation Conference 8-10 March 2013 Nelson, New Zealand.
  • Tedesco Triccas, L., Donovan-Hall, M., Burridge, J., Dibb, B., Ellis-Hill, C. and Rushton, D., 2014. A Questionnaire Developmental Study exploring the views about the use of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury. Is cognitive interviewing worth it? In: International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society conference 6-8 June 2013 IDonostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
  • Ellis-Hill, C. and Payne, S., 2014. Caring following a stroke: reflections on poiesis and human connection. In: 31st International Human Science Research Conference 25-29 June 2012 Montreal , Canada.
  • Hutchings, M., Quinney, A., Galvin, K., Todres, L. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2014. From interprofessional to transprofessional learning through humanising care: perspectives, transformations, and futures. In: All Together Better Health 5-8 October 2012 Kobe Gakuin University (Kobe, Japan).
  • Roberts, E., Murphy, J. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2013. Stepping on people’s toes: barriers, enablers and opportunities for different ways of working in dysphagia care. In: European Health Management Association Annual Conference 26-28 June 2013 Milano, Italy.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Lamont–Robinson, C. and Galvin, K., 2013. Keeping it alive: carrying out research into creativity in the mainstream. In: Culture, Health and Wellbeing International conference 24-26 June 2013 Bristol UK.
  • Ellis-Hill, C. and ellis-hill, C., 2012. 'Who do I want to be? In: Exploring sense of self and gaining self-confidence after stroke' 12 December 2012 uk.
  • Burridge, J.H., Ellis-Hill, C.S., Hughes, A.M., Demain, S.H., Turk, R. and Swain, I.D., 2012. Technologies in upper limb rehabilitation post-stroke: the users’ perspective. In: 7th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation 16-19 May 2012 Melbourne, Australia.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2012. 'Life Threads and identity after stroke'. In: The Bridges – Life After Stroke Symposium - Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC) 3 May 2012 london.
  • Whiffin, C., Bailey, C., Ellis-Hill, C., Jarrett, N. and Hutchinson, P., 2012. A study of family transition in the first year post-head injury: perspectives of the non-injured members. In: RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference 23-25 April 2012 London, UK.
  • Pulman, A., Galvin, K.T., Hutchings, M., Todres, L., Quinney, A., Ellis-Hill, C. and Atkins, P., 2011. Using lifeworld-led multimedia to enhance learning. In: Greener, S. and Rospigliosi, A., eds. 10th European Conference on e-Learning 10-11 November 2011 University of Brighton, UK. Reading: Academic Publishing Limited.
  • Stanley, K. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2011. Autoethnography in occupational science: me, we or they? In: Occupational Science: OTs Owning Occupation 8-9 September 2011 Plymouth University, Plymouth.
  • Hutchings, M., Galvin, K.T., Todres, L., Quinney, A., Pulman, A. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2011. Making connections: using technology to enhance learning about the head, heart and hand. In: Second International Conference on Compassionate Care 23-24 June 2011 Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh.
  • Price, L., Peveler, R., Ellis-Hill, C. and Barnitt, R., 2011. Therapists' experiences of medically unexplained symptoms and the multidisciplinary team. BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, 74, 86.
  • Ellis-Hill, C. and ellis-hill, C., 2010. 'Identity and sense of self: the significance of personhood in rehabilitation'. In: Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Assocation Conference 27 October 2010 Australia.
  • Ellis-Hill, C. and ellis-hill, C., 2010. 'The Life Thread Model: implications of identity and self in rehabilitation practice'. In: Royal Rehabilitation Centre 24 October 2010 Australia.
  • Ellis-Hill, C. and ellis-hill, C., 2010. 'Compassion and lifeworld led care: an emerging field of study '. In: Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association Conference 13 October 2010 Australia.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., 2010. 'Identity and sense of self: the significance of personhood in rehabilitation'. In: Faculty of Health Sciences 6 October 2010 Australia.
  • Donovan-Hall, M., Dibb, B., Burridge, J. and Ellis-Hill, C., 2009. The views of people with spinal cord injury about the use of functional electrical stimulation. PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, 24, 159-160.
  • Donovan-Hall, M., Burridge, J., Ellis-Hill, C., Dibb, B. and Rushton, D., 2009. The Views of People with Spinal Cord Injury about the Use of Functional Electrical Stimulation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH, 32, S75.
  • Wiles, R., Demain, S., Robison, J., Killeff, J., Ellis-Hill, C. and McPherson, K., 2007. Managing alone: Exercise on prescription schemes for stroke patients post-discharge from physiotherapy. DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, 29 (20-21), 1644-1645.
  • Ellis-Hill, C., Payne, S. and Ward, C., 2007. Spousal caregiving following a stroke: A life course perspective. DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, 29 (20-21), 1635.

Reports

Theses

  • Truman, J., 2014. Truman JL (2014) Performances in the workplace following traumatic brain injury; a dramaturgical metaphor to explain how return to work is supported. PhD Thesis. University of Southampton, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Posters

PhD Students

  • Andrea Lacey. Exploring mental health student nurses’ accounts of first practice placement: how can they be more fully prepared?
  • Camila Devis-Rozental. Developing socio-emotional intelligence in early years educators
  • Clare Gordon. Enriching relational knowing on stroke units
  • Kathleen Vandenberghe. Self enaction in Cancer Survivorship: A holistic exploration of the metaphorical and embodied comprehending of Self emerging in interaction with the meaning of cancer and clinicians for post-treatment bowel cancer survivors.

Grants

  • Working with the life thread approach to support families after traumatic brain injury. (RfPB -NIHR, 01 Mar 2023). In Progress
  • Stroke Odysseys: What does performance arts education offer the stroke rehabilitation pathway? (Wellcome Trust, 01 Jan 2020). Awarded
  • INNOVATEDIGNITY (European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, 01 Feb 2019). Awarded
  • Writing group: HeART of Stroke (HoS): UK multicentre randomised controlled trial of a community-based arts and health intervention to increase psychological wellbeing in people following a stroke (NIHR CRN: Stroke / British Association of Stroke Physicians, 01 Aug 2017). In Progress
  • An exploration of how a Day Hospital is meeting the needs of frail older people: a case study approach (Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 19 Sep 2016). In Progress
  • Supporting the person experiencing a stroke through fostering relationship-centred care on a stroke unit (NIHR clinical academic career pathway, 01 Feb 2015). In Progress
  • A feasibility study of a randomised controlled trial of an Arts for Health group (HeART of Stroke project ) (National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) -Research for Patient Benefit Programme, 01 Sep 2014). Completed
  • Humanising Services: A new transferable leadership strategy for improving 'what matters to older people' to enhance dignity in care (Burdett Trust for Nursing, 01 Mar 2014). Completed
  • Portfolio writing development bid (NIHR -Stroke Research Network, 01 Mar 2011). Completed
  • A systematic Exploration of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in SCI: Stage 2, An International Questionnaire Study. (INSPIRE, 01 Aug 2009). Completed
  • Development of an integrated service model incorporating innovative technology for the rehabilitation of the upper limb following stroke (NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research, 01 Oct 2008). Completed
  • A systematic exploration of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury: users perspectives of current and future use (INSPIRE, 01 Feb 2006). Completed
  • Programme – Centre for Stroke research -STARR (Stroke Association, 01 Nov 2003). Completed
  • Occupational Therapy for Parkinson's disease 1) Delphi study to develop a consensus on 'best practice' and 2) (Parkinson's Disease Society, 01 Jan 2001). Completed

Qualifications

  • PhD in Psychology (University of Southampton, 1998)
  • MSc in Rehabilitation Studies (University of Southampton, 1992)
  • DipCOT in Occupational Therapy (Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, Oxford, 1986)
  • MSc in Equine Studies (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1981)
  • BSc (Hons) in Life Sciences (Polytechnic of Central London, 1980)

Memberships