{"id":701,"date":"2022-10-14T09:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T09:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/?p=701"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:18:19","slug":"getting-to-know-abi-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/2022\/10\/14\/getting-to-know-abi-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to know&#8230; Abi Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Qualifying as physiotherapist nearly 20 years ago, most of my career has focused on working in the field of rehabilitation with older people &#8211; indeed that&#8217;s where my passion really lies. In 2016 I ventured into the wonderful world of \u201cresearch\u201d and wanted to take my clinical experience working with older people and apply it to developing the evidence base \u2013 particularly for those people with dementia. My training taught me little about how to treat people with dementia and my research has shown that many other physiotherapists experience similar challenges treating people with dementia. I completed my PhD in 2019 and then returned to work in clinical practice during the Covid-19 pandemic working with rehabilitation and urgent care teams &#8211; to try and keep people out of hospital and help support timely discharge of patients where able. Treating patients in primary care and community settings has been my role for the last ten years, so my research interests lie in these settings too.<\/p>\n<p>During my fellowship I will build on work I undertook during my PhD and develop an intervention designed to improve the management of people with dementia following hip fracture. The project will involve working with patients, family members as well as clinicians who are experienced in treating people with dementia. As a researcher, the opportunity to develop your own research is a real privilege \u2013 although at times quite daunting \u2013 but the opportunity to continue the work that I\u2019m passionate about is amazing! If I can make even a small difference to improve the management of people with dementia I will be delighted! I\u2019m particularly excited to become a member of APEx and learn about the other great work that is being undertaken in primary care.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, I\u2019m probably known as being a little obsessed with my dogs \u2013 indeed the wonderful world of Zoom\/Teams means that a lot of people have met the dogs in various conference calls! The dogs like to make their points known \u2013 or at least let everybody know that the postman has arrived! When not trying to \u201ctalk to\u201d the postman, Max is happiest sleeping under my desk keeping my feet warm!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_703\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2022\/10\/Abi_Hall_Pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-703\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2022\/10\/Abi_Hall_Pic-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2022\/10\/Abi_Hall_Pic-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2022\/10\/Abi_Hall_Pic-768x789.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/apex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2022\/10\/Abi_Hall_Pic.jpg 832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max, hiding under the desk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.exeter.ac.uk\/people\/profile\/index.php?web_id=Abi_Hall\"><strong>Abi&#8217;s University of Exeter profile<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicine.exeter.ac.uk\/research\/healthresearch\/apex\/\"><strong>Head over to the APEx website to find out more about our team and research<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qualifying as physiotherapist nearly 20 years ago, most of my career has focused on working in the field of rehabilitation with older people &#8211; indeed that&#8217;s where my passion really lies. 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