Dementia, frailty and end of life theme
University of Hertfordshire leads research to enhance care home residents’ quality of life The University of Hertfordshire is leading a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded four-year study to improve how researchers, health and social care services can use existing data to improve the care and quality of life […]
Dementia Friendly Communities in the UK and Japan As the national evaluation of Dementia Friendly Communities (DEMCOM) Project comes to an end, Dr Elspeth Mathie (DEMCOM study member and co-lead Inclusive Involvement in Research (Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England) visited Tokyo on an ESRC UK-Japan Connections Project (led […]
Project Title: Volunteer delivered interventions for older people living in care homes: a mixed methods systematic review and stakeholder consultation Type of Research: Mixed methods systematic review Background & Scientific Rationale: Humans are social animals: we need each other, we build communities. In a 2015 report, over a million older […]
Dementias 2019 Annual Conference. A blog by Felix Clay I’m now at the end of my six month NIHR CLAHRC EoE funded Academic Apprenticeship. As part of my placement I’ve led a systematic review of the literature on the use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in the assessment, understanding and treatment […]
Health research project required advice or approval from 89 different people to get the green light, in case study of approvals process Which health research projects involving humans are ethically justified, safe and legal? Who decides whether they should get the green light to proceed? In one case study, researchers […]
Job Vacancy Research Associate Closing date: 12 noon on 21 January 2019 UEA are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Research Associate to join a research team headed by Prof Eneida Mioshi at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia. This team investigates the impact of dementias and motor […]
Project Title: Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for family carers of people with dementia Type of Research: Primary research Background & Scientific Rationale: The problem: Recent systematic reviews led by the lead researcher (1,2) demonstrated that the pooled prevalence of depression and anxiety in family carers of people with […]
Project Title: Unintended effects of medications for sleep disturbance in people with dementia Type of Research: Secondary data analysis Background & Scientific Rationale: Poor sleep is common for people with dementia (PwD). It can lead to poor quality of life for them and their carers. Z-drugs (zolpidem, zopiclone and zaleplon) […]
Introducing ‘Dementia Researcher’ website Earlier this year, a brand-new website for early career researchers working in the field of dementia was launched. It was driven by the need to support emerging talent and increase the number of dementia researchers in the UK, as part of the Government’s Dementia 2020 implementation […]
Join Dementia Research launches online training for researchers Join Dementia Research has launched a new e-learning training system for all researchers who use Join Dementia Research to recruit to their studies. This interactive e-learning makes it easier than ever before for researchers to quickly get to grips with all aspects of Join […]