Led by the St Monica Trust, in partnership with the Housing LIN, we’re delighted to announce our support for the RE-COV project. The aim of the research project is to better understand the experiences of retirement villages and extra care …
Two characteristics of our new strategic framework are around encouraging multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving and working across sectoral and organisational boundaries. We hope this report inspires you to collaborate with the emerging band of passionate and entrepreneurial community …
A new report, published by Nesta, captures the stories of those who participated in the Social Movements for Health Programme.
There has been a ‘revolution’ in the way that digital and online technologies, communications and media have influenced our daily lives over the past few decades. However, the same cannot be said for the role of digital and technology in care, health and housing. We are supporting the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) to collate information and learning on this topic, laying the foundations for a set of principles which will showcase how best to achieve transformational change in the delivery of technology-enabled care.
With funding from DMT, a new commission has been set up to develop an evidence-based vision and roadmap for housing in the future of care and support. It will review progress of the 2014 Commission on Residential Care’s recommendations, taking account of COVID-19, and will consider all forms of housing services that provide care and support for older people.
Zinc was created in 2017, founded by Paul Kirby, Ella Goldner, Saul Klein and Julia Black, with the aim of testing different ways to tackle society’s most important problems. The team set out to: Unlock the impact of the …
RNID and The Dunhill Medical Trust are pleased to announce a second round of two 2-year Post-doctoral Fellowships. Applications are invited in any of the following areas: We’re delighted to be working with RNID again. Hearing loss is such an …
In this innovative community programme, co-funded with the Alzheimer’s Society, researchers will work in and with care homes to develop a model for research that is collaborative and effective.
In November 2018, we partnered with Nesta to launch an innovation programme to support social movements seeking to bring about change in health and social care. We are excited to announce that we have now published our reflections on the programme as funders – we hope this will be useful for other funding organisations who are planning to support social movements in the future.
96% of older households live in mainstream housing, and most older people say they would like to remain in their home as they age. Despite this, there has been a critical lack of investment in research to measure the impacts of good-quality, accessible housing on older people.
Fostering relationships and links across generations can bring benefits to all. With matched funding from the National Lottery Community Fund #iwill campaign, the Dunhill Medical Trust is supporting projects that are establishing intergenerational links between young people and older people in care homes.
The Dunhill Medical Trust has partnered with the Association of British Neurologists to co-fund a three three-year Doctoral Training Fellowship to support talented clinicians with an interest in developing a research career.