Research Institute for Social Sciences

Peter Crome trained in medicine at King’s College London and undertook postgraduate training at Guy’s Hospital. He moved to Keele as Professor of Geriatric Medicine in 1994. He was President of the British Geriatrics Society 2006-2008 and is presently Secretary-General of the Clinical Section of the IAGG Europe. He works in the memory clinic at Bucknall Hospital and is also Director of Research and Development for Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. He established the MSc in Geriatric Medicine at Keele, the first such course in the UK. His research interests include stroke, dementia and drug use in older people. He chairs the National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals.

Publications:

Crome P, Main CJ and Lally F (2007) Pain in older people. Oxford University Press

Bentham P, Gray R, Hills R, Crome P, Raftery J and Sellwood E (2008). Aspirin in Alzheimer's disease (AD2000): a randomised open-label trial.

Lancet Neurology 7: 41-49. Roe B., Howell F., Riniotis K., Beech R., Crome P. and Ong B.N. (2008). Older people’s experience of falls: understanding, interpretation and autonomy. Journal of Advanced Nursing 63(6), 586–596.

Hunter SM, Crome P, Sim J and Pomeroy V. (2008). Effects of mobilization and tactile stimulation on recovery of the hemiplegic upper limb: a series of replicated single system studies. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 89:2003-2010.

Mukhopadhyay I, Lally F and Crome P (2008). Appropriate prescribing in older people. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology; 17: 139-151.

Crome P (2010). Geriatrics in Europe. In: Fillit HM, Rockwood K and Woodhouse K Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 7^th Edition Saunders Elsevier. Philadelphia, pp 997-1004.

Crome IB and Crome P Eds. New insights into mental health and substance use. Mental Health and Substance Use 4: 1-92.