The ActivDyad study aims to understand how social and environmental contexts influence physical activity in older age. It is funded by the ART (Ageing Research Translation) of Healthy Ageing Network.
Our dementia research focuses on improving the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals with dementia and their carers. The D-PACT programme is a five-year project, funded by a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGfAR), that aims to develop and evaluate a system for dementia support based in general practice for people with dementia and their carers. Our dementia-friendly communities work focuses on community attitudes and behaviour change towards individuals with dementia and their carers, inequalities and the differences between urban and rural dementia-friendly communities.
This qualitative study will explore the implementation of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) framework across eight care homes across the Torbay and South Devon region by capturing the experiences and voices of residents, family members and care staff.
We will be examining social prescribing for older people in the time of COVID drawing on the cultural sector in a project titled: “Optimising cultural provision to improve older people’s wellbeing through social prescribing in the context of COVID-19: Realist review and evaluation.”
This study is supported by the Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU) and the NIHR ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC).
