This blog series explores our recently completed project, in partnership with Moore Kingston Smith (MKS), to develop an impact framework for a cohort of community-based project award-holders. Here we examine the outcomes of this work.

The 2018 Picker Report highlighted the lack of research into the education and training landscape for the health and social care workforce. In response to this, Dr Emily Henderson from the University of Bristol has received funding to evaluate the impact of Bristol Medical School’s new undergraduate curriculum.

The IMPACTAgewell® initiative, led by Mid & East Antrim Agewell Partnership, is now developing its plans for the next five years to support older people to age well and remain as healthy and happy at home for as long as possible.

In the latest news from the suite of work which makes up our Older People’s Care Improvement Initiative, Professor Adam Gordon, who led the Proactive Health Care of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study, reflects on an oft-repeated tale…and shows that there IS a different way…

A strong ‘pathway to impact’ plan can be the difference between getting invited to the second stage and being unsuccessful, even if you have a sound research idea and a strong team.

We often receive many applications at outline stage, so competition is high. This blog piece details the criteria by which outline applications were assessed, and some common characteristics of those which were unsuccessful in reaching the next round.

The Proactive Healthcare for Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study considered how to deliver high quality care to older people living in UK Care homes.  Here Neil Chadborn, Claire Goodman and Adam Gordon discuss the findings of a realist synthesis on how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment works in care homes.  This is the third of three blog posts on the subject, completing the description of how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment works in this setting.

The Proactive Healthcare for Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study considered how to deliver high quality care to older people living in UK Care homes.  Here Neil Chadborn, Claire Goodman and Adam Gordon discuss the findings of a realist synthesis on how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment works in care homes.  This is the second of three blog posts on the subject, completing the description of how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment works in this setting.

The Proactive Healthcare for Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study considered how to deliver high quality care to older people living in UK Care homes. Here, Neil Chadborn, Claire Goodman and Adam Gordon discuss the findings of a realist synthesis on how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment works in care homes. This is the first of three blog posts on the subject.

If care homes wore shoes… The second in a series of lessons from the Proactive Health Care of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study about how to do improvement work around healthcare with care homes.

Sometimes rewarding, sometimes challenging, always educational… The first in a series of lessons from the Proactive Health Care of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study about how to do improvement work around healthcare with care homes.