Dr Maria Drummond
- Affiliate (Nursing & Health Care)
Biography
I am a Registered Nurse (with District Nurse SPQ) and Post-Doctoral research associate, specialising in qualitative and mixed-methods research. I also lead the ENRICH Scotland network, supporting care home staff, residents and relatives to become more active and engaged in research.
I have 15 years clinical and care experience working in care homes for older adults and then in community district nursing teams, primarily in the North East of Glasgow. These experiences are embedded in my research practice; I am committed to widening research opportunities to marginalised communities in Scotland, particularly in areas with higher deprivation and remote and rural areas.
My post-doctoral programme of research focuses on improving the lives of people who live and work in care homes for older adults. I am led into my areas of investigation by sector priorities; I was a Research Assistant on an interview study investigating the impact of working through Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes, a Workpackage Lead and Co-Investigator on a focus groups Understanding Retention in Care Homes, and I am currently a Research Associate leading the development of a Co-Designed toolkit to support bereavement practices within care homes.
Research interests
- Care home nursing
- Using technology in care homes
- Co-design methods
- Ethnography
- Patient and Public Involvement
Publications
2026
Drummond, Maria, Burton, Jennifer K. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-6988, MacEachen, Doreen and Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436
(2026)
Bereavement practices within older adult care homes in Scotland: a focus group study.
BMJ Open, 16(2),
e115592.
(doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115592)
2024
Drummond, Maria, Cartin, Kirsty, Shenkin, Susan D. and Burton, Jennifer Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-6988
(2024)
Facilitating equitable research access for people living in care homes.
Age and Ageing, 53(10),
afae220.
(doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae220)
(PMID:39396909)
2023
McParland, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-3390, Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436, Alassoud, Bahaa, Drummond, Maria, Farnood, Annabel, Hostanida Purba, Chandra Isabella, Seckin, Muzeyyen and Thanthong, Saengrawee
(2023)
Involving patients and the public in nursing PhD projects: practical guidance, potential benefits and points to consider.
Nurse Researcher, 31(4),
pp. 21-29.
(doi: 10.7748/nr.2023.e1891)
(PMID:37731298)
Burton, Jennifer Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-6988, Drummond, Maria, Gallacher, Katie I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758 and Quinn, Terence J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181
(2023)
Listening and learning: a qualitative study of Scottish care home staff experiences of managing COVID-19 between March 2020-August 2022.
BMC Geriatrics, 23(1),
544.
(doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04251-z)
(PMID:37679720)
(PMCID:PMC10485989)
2022
Drummond, Maria, Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436 and Quinn, Terence J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181
(2022)
Cutting through the intersections to care for caregivers: secondary data analysis of a carers support service in Glasgow, Scotland.
Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4),
pp. 1334-1343.
(doi: 10.1111/hsc.13463)
(PMID:34060160)
2019
Drummond, Maria, Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436 and Quinn, Terence J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181
(2019)
Measuring the success of interventions for caregivers: a focussed systematic review.
Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 13(4),
pp. 351-359.
(doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000461)
(PMID:31689272)
(PMCID:PMC6867664)
Articles
Drummond, Maria, Burton, Jennifer K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-6988, MacEachen, Doreen and Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436
(2026)
Bereavement practices within older adult care homes in Scotland: a focus group study.
BMJ Open, 16(2),
e115592.
(doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115592)
Drummond, Maria, Cartin, Kirsty, Shenkin, Susan D. and Burton, Jennifer Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-6988
(2024)
Facilitating equitable research access for people living in care homes.
Age and Ageing, 53(10),
afae220.
(doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae220)
(PMID:39396909)
McParland, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-3390, Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436, Alassoud, Bahaa, Drummond, Maria, Farnood, Annabel, Hostanida Purba, Chandra Isabella, Seckin, Muzeyyen and Thanthong, Saengrawee
(2023)
Involving patients and the public in nursing PhD projects: practical guidance, potential benefits and points to consider.
Nurse Researcher, 31(4),
pp. 21-29.
(doi: 10.7748/nr.2023.e1891)
(PMID:37731298)
Burton, Jennifer Kirsty ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-6988, Drummond, Maria, Gallacher, Katie I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758 and Quinn, Terence J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181
(2023)
Listening and learning: a qualitative study of Scottish care home staff experiences of managing COVID-19 between March 2020-August 2022.
BMC Geriatrics, 23(1),
544.
(doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04251-z)
(PMID:37679720)
(PMCID:PMC10485989)
Drummond, Maria, Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436 and Quinn, Terence J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181
(2022)
Cutting through the intersections to care for caregivers: secondary data analysis of a carers support service in Glasgow, Scotland.
Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4),
pp. 1334-1343.
(doi: 10.1111/hsc.13463)
(PMID:34060160)
Drummond, Maria, Johnston, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-3436 and Quinn, Terence J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181
(2019)
Measuring the success of interventions for caregivers: a focussed systematic review.
Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 13(4),
pp. 351-359.
(doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000461)
(PMID:31689272)
(PMCID:PMC6867664)