Housing must be at the heart of the vision for health
Paul Burstow discusses the crucial link between housing and health in article published today in Health Service Journal. Paul co-chairs the Commission on the Role
We like to invest in those who have great ideas and methods for improving the health and well-being of older people and in making the connections which can help them to flourish. We identify the important, but perhaps less well-funded, areas of research and direct our attention to ensuring that they receive the focus and support that they need. We provide a range of funding mechanisms and support a number of networks focused on ensuring that the outcomes of your work are shared and turned into practical benefit in improving the health and social care of older people.
We like to identify the important, but perhaps less well-funded, areas of research and back well-designed work which is imaginative, novel and acknowledges that the complexity of the issues involved often need multi-disciplinary approaches if they are to have real and positive impact.
We provide a range of support within the context of our focused strategic themes:
We convene networking events and organise meetings of specialists of varied disciplines and professions to scope the future of and priorities for ageing-related research and foster the collaborations that will tackle the challenges of delivering our strategic goals to improve health in later life.
We are a signatory to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers and explore as part of our application process how supervisors and research institutions support ECRs. We also want you to have clear ideas and plans to ensure that your work has real impact and that you are engaged with older people.
We are particularly interested in exploring how we might encourage and facilitate academic and clinical researchers to work across organisational boundaries and work with community-led organisations. We are interested in work that informs and influences the collective understanding of “what works” and enabling community-led organisations to develop evidence-informed ways of delivering care and support for older people, particularly those with the potential to drive systemic change regionally and nationally.
We like to collaborate with other organisations that share our vision. We believe that by combining our resources and actively looking for partners with complementary capabilities, we can achieve so much more – and in the process, contribute to our own learning and development and that of the communities we serve.
Paul Burstow discusses the crucial link between housing and health in article published today in Health Service Journal. Paul co-chairs the Commission on the Role
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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.
We know that if systemic change in the health and social care of older people is to be achieved in the long term, we need to invest in creating sustained capacity in our research base and supporting those who are working hard to ensure that the services they provide are evidence-led.
We know that if the systemic change needed to improve the health and social care of older people is to be achieved in the long term, we need to invest in creating sustained capacity in academic and clinical research. Our support is organised around five key principles:
We expect older people’s views to be considered and, at a minimum, for the researchers we support to be actively involved in public engagement activities. No matter how “cutting edge” or complex the research, the ultimate beneficiary can offer unique and valuable insights in its design, implementation, communication, future prioritisation or evaluation.
We know we can promote innovation and contribute to making a real difference by connecting researchers from different disciplines with each other and with those working in professional practice and the community.
Many of the problems we are trying to understand and address require examination from a variety of perspectives and the input of multiple stakeholders if they are to work and lead to practical benefit. Good and effective collaboration does not come without challenges but is essential if multi-dimensional problems are to be solved.
It is important to access and nurture the best talent and equality and diversity are integral to driving innovation and opportunity and to achieving excellence in research. We prefer to work with organisations and teams which are committed to nurturing equal and diverse cultures.
While we have set out our overall strategic framework and will plan the deployment of our resources around our published priorities, from time to time, issues will arise which will require an agile and speedy response.
The Trust is a signatory to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers.
As such, we publish a Funder Action Plan which is based on the defining principles of the Concordat: environment and culture, employment, and professional and career development. For each of the outlined Funder commitments, it describes the current situation, including policies the Trust already has in place, as well as the changes the Trust intends to make. It will be kept under review by the Research Grants Committee on behalf of the Trustees.
All of our Research Training Fellows, including those held jointly with our partners, and those supported by the PhD Studentship Fund are automatically invited to join our growing network of those who have chosen to develop a career in ageing-related research. Those appointed as research assistants on any of our Research Programme Grants may also join.
We hold at least one event each year, which is a great opportunity to get together and share experiences with other fellows who are at a similar career stage, and can facilitate virtual networking also.
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