Now open for nominations: 2023/24 Dunhill Medical Trust Academy Excellence Awards
The first round of the Academy Excellence Awards are now open, with a deadline for nominations of 3rd November 2023.
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Annual Trustees’ report and accounts 2022/23 published
We’re pleased to be able to share with you our latest Trustees’ Report and Accounts. This year’s theme focuses on the important work we do in creating capacity in ageing-related research and you’ll find more information about the grants we’ve …
Registration now open for our 2023 Early Career Researcher event
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for our upcoming Early Career Researcher (ECR) event!
Home improvement – a triple dividend. Part Two: Overcoming the Health and Care Polycrisis
As part of our work on promoting a suitable living environment for our ageing population, we’ve partnered with Demos and the Centre for Ageing Better to demonstrate the “Triple Dividend” of having a national home improvement strategy. The first …
Introducing our Innovation in Healthy Ageing Fellows
We’re pleased to introduce Dr Aaron Kandola and Dr Mark Crook-Rumsey as our 2023 Innovation in Healthy ageing Fellows.
Feedback on expression of interest applications for “Addressing age-related issues of hearing and/or vision through healthcare technologies”
Read our general feedback on expression of interest applications to our recent funding call: addressing age-related issues of hearing and/or vision through healthcare technologies.
Home improvement: a triple dividend – Part One
The Triple Dividend Briefing Series: In this first of three briefings, we’ve worked with Demos and the Centre for Ageing Better in recommending policy solutions that will enable more people to enjoy the benefits of a good home, not the …
A helping hand with insulin injections: training Healthcare Support Workers to support older people with diabetes
It’s best practice for people with diabetes to look after their health by injecting their own insulin. As people get older, however, they are likely to have other conditions that make this harder or unsafe to do. Dr Karen Stenner, from the University of Surrey and Principal Investigator of the CINDI Project, set out to evaluate the emerging practice of registered nurses delegating insulin injections to Healthcare Support Workers in community nursing teams. Could this alleviate workload pressures and bring benefits to patients and nursing teams alike?
Older People’s Housing Taskforce: call for evidence
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) have launched a call for evidence from the Older People’s Housing Taskforce seeking evidence to help it consider and further understand the market and needs for older …
Learning from Lockdown: Exploring How Older People Participate in Online Activities
Open Age, a membership organisation that champions an active life for older people, made the transition from delivering in-person activities to online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the success of their online programme, Open Age used funding from …
Introducing our 2022 Joint British Geriatrics Society / Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Training Fellows
We are delighted to introduce Dr Marc Osterdahl and Dr Shiv Bhakta as the fourth and fifth recipients of our Joint Doctoral Fellowship with the British Geriatrics Society.
Webinar: Creating age-friendly social housing
The Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) run regular HAPPI Hour sessions, and on 11th July 2023 one of the Dunhill Medical Trust’s award holders will be presenting some of their work-in-progress. Dr Mark Hammond and colleagues will be …