Why Empátia Specialist Dementia Coaching is important

Empátia Specialist Dementia Coaching provides ongoing support for people with early symptoms of dementia, and those supporting a loved one with dementia. Person-centred coaching and counselling help you and your family at any point in the journey by sustaining your quality of life and relationships.

We help you nurture the resilience of you and your family so that you learn to live well with dementia.

With a foundation in clinical and academic expertise, our approach empowers people with early symptoms of dementia and those supporting a loved one with dementia through ongoing counselling, current knowledge, and practical strategies to manage cognitive and emotional changes and develop the skills to move forward confidently.

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hands holding people holding hands

Founder of Empátia Dementia

I'm Amy Kerti, I worked as a Dementia Specialist Nurse for over 16 years consistently enhancing dementia care across the UK.

With extensive experience across the NHS, private, and social care sectors, I am dedicated to supporting people living with dementia and their families. My work has spanned clinical care, academic research, education, teaching, and regional and national service development, driving positive change and innovative approaches for people and families to live well with dementia.

Some of my roles have included developing four Admiral Nurse services including Imperial College London's National Service for Young People with Dementia. I worked with the Welsh Government to improve dementia care, services, policy, and education. I have studied for almost ten years to support my practice, my education includes a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience. In addition, I am a mental health nurse and Life Coach.

My diverse experience has given me a deep understanding of dementia care and what families face on this complicated and rewarding journey. I formed Empátia to help people with dementia and their families learn to live well, which is possible and continually evidenced in clinical practice and research.

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a female dementia coach wearing a black shirt and a colourful necklace

Contributions to Dementia

Dementia Services

Imperial College London Young Onset Dementia service A report for the Andrée Griotteray White Charitable Trust

Young-onset dementia; examples of post-diagnostic support across London

Bupa maps out support for those with a recent diagnosis of dementia

Patients who ‘Walk With Purpose’: Developing clinical guidance

Social Care Online | Working 'beyond the walls' of dementia care homes

Press Articles

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Newly recruited Consultant Nurses aim to help the health board deliver gold-standard dementia care

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Consultant Dementia Nurses

North Wales Pioneer
New Betsi Cadwaladr recruits wanting to take dementia care to the next level are keen to hear from families

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
International Women's Day 2022 – Meet some of the inspirational women working for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board

Dementia UK
The need for greater age-appropriate support

Dementia UK
Jolyon’s story: "My Admiral nurse made me realise that I needed to take care of my mental health"

Dementia UK
Steve’s philosophy on caring

Publications

Kerti, A (2024). Communication and Dementia. What You Really Want to Know About Working with Dementia: Real Issues and Expert Advice. London and Philadelphia. Jessica Kingsley. pp 63 to 76

Suicide and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and risk factors.

For the full article in Ageing Research Reviews:

Salmoiraghi A, Kerti A. Is Attachment Theory the Answer to a Complex Healthcare System? BJPsych Open. 2022 Jun 20;8(Suppl 1):S111–2. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.337. PMCID: PMC9378023.