Biography & Research:
Ms. Miharu Nakanishi, Ph.D., is a registered nurse and Associate Professor of Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. She has developed a psychosocial dementia care programme for in-home professional caregivers of people living with dementia in Tokyo. She is currently Japanese representative of World Young Leaders for Dementia (WYLDs). Since 2019, she has joined in a task force of the European Association for Palliative Care to develop conceptualization and recommendations for advance care planning in dementia.