NIHR Dem Comm Research Fellow in the Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Kent, Surrey & Sussex.Rasa's research spans dementia care and policy, integrated care, adult social care, and palliative/end-of-life care. Currently, she holds a post-doctoral dementia research fellowship with the Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey & Sussex, which focuses on integrated dementia care and seamless patient journeys. She also leads a project creating an interactive online toolkit for Hospice at Home care. Other dementia-related projects she os involved with include co-designing a social care outcomes toolkit with older people, primarily those living with dementia, and exploring what a 'good' death means to people living in dementia in the UK and in Brazil.Outside work... she co-parents squabs (baby pigeons).