Dementia, frailty and end of life theme
Chris Stinton is a Research Associate based in the University of Cambridge’s School of Clinical Medicine and works on the DIAMOND-LEWY project: Improving the diagnosis and management of neurodegenerative dementia of Lewy body type in the NHS. This project is part of our Dementia, frailty and end of life Care […]
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Project for Data Sharing in End of Life Care is one of three entries shortlisted in the Software / ICT / Assistive Technology category in this year’s Health Enterprise East (HEE) Innovation Competition. Electronic record system improvements designed to provide better care for patients approaching the […]
Annabel Price is a CLARHC Fellow 2014 and Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust (CPFT). She is based in the Liaison Psychiatry for Older People (LPOP) team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Project: DiAgNostic pracTice in dEmentia (DANTE): Use of routine anonymised NHS secondary care records to examine presentation, […]
Louise Lafortune is Senior Research Associate in the Dementia, Fraily and End of Life Care Research theme. Research team: Louise Lafortune, Sarah Kelly, Steven Martin, Isla Kuhn, Andy Cowan, Carol Brayne Background Despite a wealth of evidence on the association between low physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, and ill […]
It’s tricky, trying to keep the research grounded and applicable, yet robust and not swayed by anecdote. Yet when we take our findings to a stakeholder group we expect personal experience and stories and opinion on what ‘should or should not be done’ we want that to ‘test’ what has […]
One of the important messages I took from the 2014 HSRN conference was the challenge on the research community to conduct rigorous evaluations in order to identify and promote best practice. In her Plenary talk ‘Integrating Care, what works’, Jennifer Dixon, from Health Foundation, stressed the importance of evaluating initiatives and on how […]
Project title Eating and Drinking Well IN dementiA (EDWINA) Type of research Health Service Research- systematic review, qualitative research, development of tools for people with dementia Background & Scientific Rationale Increasing numbers of older adults in the UK have dementia which can result in eating and drinking difficulties, a major […]
Project title: The Cascade study (Dementia case finding) Type of research: Applied research What is this study about? When someone aged 75 or older goes into hospital unexpectedly it is government policy that, amongst the many tests they have done, there should also be an assessment of their memory. This […]
Project title: Understanding Hospital Admissions Close to the End of Life (ACE) Study Type of research: Applied research Background & Scientific Rationale: Where patients die, and whether that place is their choice, reflects how we view and care for people at the end of life. National and local NHS policy […]
Project title: Research into Older people with Dementia and their carers use of Emergency ambulance Services (RODES). Type of research: Complex evaluation: development grant to progressively refine the design before embarking on a full scale intervention design and evaluation. Background & strength of scientific evidence: Care for older people with […]