Phil Rossall
•Later Life 2012 report (100 slides on national and international
trends)
•New infographics site in development
•Regular research round-ups and briefings for internal staff
•External events and conferences
•Media commentary and quotes
•Academic publications
•Advice and support to other parts of Age UK
•External speaking and representation
•Policy briefings
•Training and guidance for staff on using evidence
•Age UK Research Digest newsletter
•Age UK Research Twitter account
•Age UK Research presence at IFA 2012
So building reputation as centre of expertise on ageing evidence
This document provides a summary of key demographic trends and issues related to aging populations both internationally and in the UK. Some of the main points covered include:
- Life expectancy is increasing globally and people are living longer, including greater numbers of people over age 85 and 100.
- Health issues and care needs tend to increase with age, including higher rates of disability, dementia, and other chronic conditions in older populations.
- Social factors like isolation, income, and access to services are also important issues affecting quality of life for older adults.
- Maintaining good health, social engagement, learning, and community participation can help offset some challenges of aging.
This document summarizes Age UK Sutton's Home from Hospital service and its impact. The service provides support to older people transitioning from hospital to home through volunteers. It aims to reduce demand on the NHS and prevent readmissions. Over 200 volunteers provide support through services like Home from Hospital, Community Helpers, and Caring Neighbors. The service exceeded its targets of 140 and 120 referrals respectively and showed positive outcomes like sustained wellbeing improvements and low hospital readmissions. Key learnings included rapidly supporting discharge and increased patient wellbeing and resilience. The discussion focuses on renewing funding, greater health system integration, and reducing admissions among older people.
Newbury Call to Action slides - 5 March 2015BerksWestCCGs
The document discusses plans to transform primary care in Berkshire West CCGs to meet the challenges outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View. Key points include: developing new models of coordinated care across primary, community, and social care; transforming primary care through increased access and a focus on admissions avoidance; and greater emphasis on public health and improving mental health services. The refresh will focus on hospital services, urgent care systems, and integrated out-of-hospital care.
1. Pathway works to develop and test new models of care for people experiencing homelessness and extreme social exclusion. It supports "experts by experience" and trains care navigators to coordinate services across health, housing, and social care.
2. Studies show Pathway's hospital-based care coordination model reduces A&E attendances and bed days, improves housing outcomes, and increases quality of life at a cost of £26,000 per quality-adjusted life year.
3. Pathway advocates for a trusting relationship-based approach that addresses individuals' basic physiological and safety needs first through coordinated multi-disciplinary support.
1) Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the UK, with 1 in 3 children between ages 2-15 being overweight or obese, totaling around 4 million children.
2) Most obese children will become obese adults, increasing their risk for health problems. The costs of obesity-related health issues in the UK was over £5 billion in 2014-2015.
3) While the UK has a child obesity strategy, it focuses primarily on prevention and not enough on management and treatment for children already overweight or obese, despite evidence and guidelines supporting treatment. Many local authorities do not provide child weight management services.
The strategic plan outlines Public Health England's vision for the next four years to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities by 2020. Key priorities include tackling non-communicable diseases through prevention efforts like reducing tobacco and alcohol use, improving nutrition, and increasing physical activity. Public Health England also aims to address the wider social determinants of health and take a holistic, place-based approach through partnerships across sectors.
1) The Better Housing, Better Health program provides grants up to £2,500 for energy efficiency measures to improve health outcomes for homeowners in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire who have respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.
2) It offers free home energy surveys, benefits checks, fuel debt mediation, and assistance switching energy suppliers through a single point of contact.
3) An evaluation found the program saves an average of £1,200 per person annually for the NHS and £3,200 per person for society, with average grants of £2,100 paying for themselves in under two years.
This document discusses a people-centered approach to public health initiatives called One You Walsall that focuses on smoking cessation, child weight management, and workplace health in Walsall, UK. It notes that effective marketing and communication are essential to maximizing the reach of such programs. Data on typical travel patterns for physical activity among different demographic groups in the area is also presented, showing most travel short distances of 500 meters or less, especially for disadvantaged groups. Co-production of initiatives with local communities is emphasized as key to empowering people and reducing health inequalities.
This document provides a summary of key demographic trends and issues related to aging populations both internationally and in the UK. Some of the main points covered include:
- Life expectancy is increasing globally and people are living longer, including greater numbers of people over age 85 and 100.
- Health issues and care needs tend to increase with age, including higher rates of disability, dementia, and other chronic conditions in older populations.
- Social factors like isolation, income, and access to services are also important issues affecting quality of life for older adults.
- Maintaining good health, social engagement, learning, and community participation can help offset some challenges of aging.
This document summarizes Age UK Sutton's Home from Hospital service and its impact. The service provides support to older people transitioning from hospital to home through volunteers. It aims to reduce demand on the NHS and prevent readmissions. Over 200 volunteers provide support through services like Home from Hospital, Community Helpers, and Caring Neighbors. The service exceeded its targets of 140 and 120 referrals respectively and showed positive outcomes like sustained wellbeing improvements and low hospital readmissions. Key learnings included rapidly supporting discharge and increased patient wellbeing and resilience. The discussion focuses on renewing funding, greater health system integration, and reducing admissions among older people.
Newbury Call to Action slides - 5 March 2015BerksWestCCGs
The document discusses plans to transform primary care in Berkshire West CCGs to meet the challenges outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View. Key points include: developing new models of coordinated care across primary, community, and social care; transforming primary care through increased access and a focus on admissions avoidance; and greater emphasis on public health and improving mental health services. The refresh will focus on hospital services, urgent care systems, and integrated out-of-hospital care.
1. Pathway works to develop and test new models of care for people experiencing homelessness and extreme social exclusion. It supports "experts by experience" and trains care navigators to coordinate services across health, housing, and social care.
2. Studies show Pathway's hospital-based care coordination model reduces A&E attendances and bed days, improves housing outcomes, and increases quality of life at a cost of £26,000 per quality-adjusted life year.
3. Pathway advocates for a trusting relationship-based approach that addresses individuals' basic physiological and safety needs first through coordinated multi-disciplinary support.
1) Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the UK, with 1 in 3 children between ages 2-15 being overweight or obese, totaling around 4 million children.
2) Most obese children will become obese adults, increasing their risk for health problems. The costs of obesity-related health issues in the UK was over £5 billion in 2014-2015.
3) While the UK has a child obesity strategy, it focuses primarily on prevention and not enough on management and treatment for children already overweight or obese, despite evidence and guidelines supporting treatment. Many local authorities do not provide child weight management services.
The strategic plan outlines Public Health England's vision for the next four years to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities by 2020. Key priorities include tackling non-communicable diseases through prevention efforts like reducing tobacco and alcohol use, improving nutrition, and increasing physical activity. Public Health England also aims to address the wider social determinants of health and take a holistic, place-based approach through partnerships across sectors.
1) The Better Housing, Better Health program provides grants up to £2,500 for energy efficiency measures to improve health outcomes for homeowners in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire who have respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.
2) It offers free home energy surveys, benefits checks, fuel debt mediation, and assistance switching energy suppliers through a single point of contact.
3) An evaluation found the program saves an average of £1,200 per person annually for the NHS and £3,200 per person for society, with average grants of £2,100 paying for themselves in under two years.
This document discusses a people-centered approach to public health initiatives called One You Walsall that focuses on smoking cessation, child weight management, and workplace health in Walsall, UK. It notes that effective marketing and communication are essential to maximizing the reach of such programs. Data on typical travel patterns for physical activity among different demographic groups in the area is also presented, showing most travel short distances of 500 meters or less, especially for disadvantaged groups. Co-production of initiatives with local communities is emphasized as key to empowering people and reducing health inequalities.
John Gillies: Health and Social Care Integration in Scotland 2018STN IMPRO
The document discusses health and social care integration in Scotland. It provides background on the Scottish population and healthcare system. The key goals of integration are to support people living independently at home, provide positive experiences of care, and design services around individual needs rather than organizational structure. Integration partnerships aim to improve outcomes such as quality of life, reducing inequalities, and supporting carers through coordinated primary, community and social care services.
- Ireland faces significant challenges in caring for its aging population as the number of those over 65 is projected to double by 2046, with the over 85 population increasing over 350%.
- There is an urgent need to develop a continuum of high quality care services including homecare, nursing homes, and other community supports to meet the needs of this aging population.
- A cohesive national strategy and long-term plan is required to adequately prepare for and address the implications of these demographic changes, however currently there seems to be a lack of planning and policy from the government on how to achieve this.
Poor housing negatively impacts the health of millions in the UK and costs the NHS billions each year. The Public Health England (PHE) aims to improve housing and health by developing local capabilities, sharing evidence, and enabling collaboration between professionals. PHE supports analyses of housing and health data, home adaptations, and standards for evaluating housing interventions. Moving forward, PHE will focus on vulnerable groups like children, working age adults, and older people, as well as high pressure points across the life course like hospitals. The goal is to raise awareness and harness partners to manage the health impacts of housing policies and inequalities.
The document summarizes the key themes of the NHS 5 Year Forward View plan. It outlines the plan's vision for new models of integrated care focused on populations of 50,000 people. The plan acknowledges an estimated annual funding gap of £30 billion by 2020/21 for the NHS and the need for efficiency savings and increased funding. It also emphasizes the importance of prevention, personalization, technology, and social determinants of health for a sustainable healthcare system.
This document provides an overview and summary of the planning guidance for the NHS in England for 2015/16. It outlines the key priorities and requirements for the coming year which include maintaining performance standards, implementing new models of care, improving prevention, workforce development, digital transformation, and driving efficiency. Local areas are encouraged to develop plans that align commissioner and provider budgets and activity in line with the priorities of the Five Year Forward View.
Presenter: Lucie Stephens, Head of Co-Production, NEF
Event: Dance & Health Networking Event, Newcastle upon Tyne, 16 June 2015, part of our Making Connections events series.
Between May 2015 and March 2016, we are running a series of regional events to bring together commissioners, arts and cultural providers, and others interested in increasing levels of cultural commissioning.
The Cultural Commissioning Programme works to help the arts and cultural sector engage in public sector commissioning and to enable public service commissioners to increase their awareness of the potential for arts and cultural organisations to deliver their outcomes. This three year programme, funded by Arts Council England, is being delivered through a partnership between NCVO (lead partner) , NEF and NPC .
www.ncvo.org/CCProg
This presentation is from the Art of Social Prescribing event which took place on 17th September 2015 in Liverpool.
This presentation was given by Professor Paul Camic, from Canterbury Christ Church University, on AHRC Museums on Prescription research programme.
This one day conference aimed to respond to increasing interest in social prescribing. It presented the latest academic and applied research with particular reference to the role that arts and cultural activities play in social prescribing. A range of workshops took place introduced a range of established arts and cultural programmes, highlighted good practice approaches in mental health and wellbeing and encouraged debate on how to most effectively commission, fund and evaluate social prescribing schemes.
The conference was delivered in partnership by NEF and academics leading the AHRC-funded Art of Social Prescribing project at Liverpool John Moores University. It is a Making Connections event, part of the Cultural Commissioning Programme, an Arts Council England funded initiative to support commissioners, arts & cultural sector and policymakers with undertaking cultural commissioning to improve public service outcomes. www.ncvo.org/CCProg.
The document provides a summary of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) report on Long Term Conditions across the lifecourse in Cambridgeshire from 2015. It highlights that:
- Nearly a third of people in Cambridgeshire have at least one long term condition. Common conditions discussed include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Risk of long term conditions increases with age and those with multiple conditions or limitations are at higher risk of poor health outcomes. Social factors also impact risk across the lifecourse.
- The report uses local data to estimate numbers of adults and older adults in Cambridgeshire with multiple long term conditions, limitations, and mental health
PRIME Centre Wales
Long Term Conditions Consensus Meeting
Tuesday 10th November 2015, St Mary's Priory, Abergavenny, NP7 5ND
http://www.primecentre.wales/ltc-consensus-meeting.php
This document summarizes a conference on creating a sustainable older society in the UK by 2020. It discusses challenges of an aging population such as increasing numbers of older people needing care and people with dementia. Presenters addressed issues like healthcare sustainability, social care funding reforms, and the need for greater individual savings and retirement planning. Data showed the percentage of GDP spent on health, pensions and social care will rise significantly. The conference highlighted the need for stable social care policies, improved financial advice, and policy changes to support new retirement funding products that could help cover long-term care costs.
The document summarizes Gloucestershire's Cultural Commissioning Programme, which aims to strategically fund arts and cultural projects to support health outcomes. It details the program's pilot projects from 2014-2016, which involved 13 projects across 8 health themes. Each project used a co-production model and is being evaluated based on a framework measuring outcomes like effectiveness, lessons learned, and opportunities for replication. The program seeks to embed arts commissioning long-term and integrate it into other local health initiatives through a forthcoming arts on prescription service tender.
Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland from The National Homeca...myhomecare
This slideshow is from Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland. Tadgh recently spoke at Irelands first ever National Homecare Conference which took place on 28th March in The Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin.
Dr Justin Varney, National Lead for Adult Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England. Dr Varney will be discussing the relationship between sport and the public health agenda.
This document discusses a new partnership model of mental health care called Home View in Blackpool that provides a 15-bed step-down housing facility with on-site support for patients transitioning out of acute care. In its first year, Home View supported 55 people and saved the NHS £100k. The partnership aims to promote recovery in a home environment, reduce patient isolation, and replicate similar collaborative housing and support services going forward to better address geography-specific mental health pressures and bed capacity issues.
Holly Holder: Caring for older people in societyNuffield Trust
The document discusses caring for aging populations and compares approaches in Japan and England. It notes that Japan has the oldest population in the world and introduced significant reform to its long-term care system in 2000. Key aspects of Japan's system include universal compulsory insurance for those over 40 that provides home care and day services based on need for those over 65. England assesses eligibility based on a means and needs test and provides less support, with 44% of social care for the elderly being self-funded. Both countries are undergoing reforms to address the challenges of caring for growing older populations.
Nhs Sustainability Day 2016 Liverpool Road Show4 All of Us
March 26th this year saw over 300 healthcare organisations take action to promote sustainability and increase public health awareness and we are fortunate enough to have the support of; Public Health England, Department of Health, Department for Energy and Climate Change and The Prime Minister, David Cameron. Working with these stakeholders we aim to further develop the links between health and sustainability thus improving economical and health outcomes within the UK.
For the 2016 campaign, beginning in September, and to celebrate our 5th year of the campaign we will be promoting 50kg of carbon. This is effectively promoting what the public and health professionals can do to save 50kg of carbon. This could be achieved through; walking to work, cycling, planting a tree etc.
Launched in the House of Lords on Thursday, 13th July 2017, this report, produced by ILC-UK with the support of Royal London, finds that those who received financial advice in the 2001-2007 period had accumulated significantly more liquid financial assets and pension wealth than their unadvised equivalent peers by 2012-14.
Transforming care for learning disabilitiesNHS England
The document summarizes key findings from the Health and Social Care Information Centre's 2013 Learning Disabilities Census report for England. It finds that over two-thirds (68.3%) of the 3,250 service users surveyed across 104 provider organizations had been prescribed antipsychotic medication. Additionally, nearly half (47.4%) of service users had been prescribed antidepressant medication. The document suggests these findings indicate high rates of psychotropic medication prescription among people with learning disabilities in England.
The UK Office for National Statistics has launched a National Well-being Programme to measure national well-being beyond traditional economic indicators like GDP. The programme aims to establish an accepted set of national statistics on well-being across ten domains, including health, relationships, education, and the environment. So far, the programme has conducted public consultations, published initial annual reports, and added questions to household surveys on life satisfaction, feelings of worthwhileness, happiness and anxiety. Future work includes further developing measures, analyzing drivers of well-being, and providing local area well-being data. The goal is to better understand and monitor societal progress over time.
John Gillies: Health and Social Care Integration in Scotland 2018STN IMPRO
The document discusses health and social care integration in Scotland. It provides background on the Scottish population and healthcare system. The key goals of integration are to support people living independently at home, provide positive experiences of care, and design services around individual needs rather than organizational structure. Integration partnerships aim to improve outcomes such as quality of life, reducing inequalities, and supporting carers through coordinated primary, community and social care services.
- Ireland faces significant challenges in caring for its aging population as the number of those over 65 is projected to double by 2046, with the over 85 population increasing over 350%.
- There is an urgent need to develop a continuum of high quality care services including homecare, nursing homes, and other community supports to meet the needs of this aging population.
- A cohesive national strategy and long-term plan is required to adequately prepare for and address the implications of these demographic changes, however currently there seems to be a lack of planning and policy from the government on how to achieve this.
Poor housing negatively impacts the health of millions in the UK and costs the NHS billions each year. The Public Health England (PHE) aims to improve housing and health by developing local capabilities, sharing evidence, and enabling collaboration between professionals. PHE supports analyses of housing and health data, home adaptations, and standards for evaluating housing interventions. Moving forward, PHE will focus on vulnerable groups like children, working age adults, and older people, as well as high pressure points across the life course like hospitals. The goal is to raise awareness and harness partners to manage the health impacts of housing policies and inequalities.
The document summarizes the key themes of the NHS 5 Year Forward View plan. It outlines the plan's vision for new models of integrated care focused on populations of 50,000 people. The plan acknowledges an estimated annual funding gap of £30 billion by 2020/21 for the NHS and the need for efficiency savings and increased funding. It also emphasizes the importance of prevention, personalization, technology, and social determinants of health for a sustainable healthcare system.
This document provides an overview and summary of the planning guidance for the NHS in England for 2015/16. It outlines the key priorities and requirements for the coming year which include maintaining performance standards, implementing new models of care, improving prevention, workforce development, digital transformation, and driving efficiency. Local areas are encouraged to develop plans that align commissioner and provider budgets and activity in line with the priorities of the Five Year Forward View.
Presenter: Lucie Stephens, Head of Co-Production, NEF
Event: Dance & Health Networking Event, Newcastle upon Tyne, 16 June 2015, part of our Making Connections events series.
Between May 2015 and March 2016, we are running a series of regional events to bring together commissioners, arts and cultural providers, and others interested in increasing levels of cultural commissioning.
The Cultural Commissioning Programme works to help the arts and cultural sector engage in public sector commissioning and to enable public service commissioners to increase their awareness of the potential for arts and cultural organisations to deliver their outcomes. This three year programme, funded by Arts Council England, is being delivered through a partnership between NCVO (lead partner) , NEF and NPC .
www.ncvo.org/CCProg
This presentation is from the Art of Social Prescribing event which took place on 17th September 2015 in Liverpool.
This presentation was given by Professor Paul Camic, from Canterbury Christ Church University, on AHRC Museums on Prescription research programme.
This one day conference aimed to respond to increasing interest in social prescribing. It presented the latest academic and applied research with particular reference to the role that arts and cultural activities play in social prescribing. A range of workshops took place introduced a range of established arts and cultural programmes, highlighted good practice approaches in mental health and wellbeing and encouraged debate on how to most effectively commission, fund and evaluate social prescribing schemes.
The conference was delivered in partnership by NEF and academics leading the AHRC-funded Art of Social Prescribing project at Liverpool John Moores University. It is a Making Connections event, part of the Cultural Commissioning Programme, an Arts Council England funded initiative to support commissioners, arts & cultural sector and policymakers with undertaking cultural commissioning to improve public service outcomes. www.ncvo.org/CCProg.
The document provides a summary of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) report on Long Term Conditions across the lifecourse in Cambridgeshire from 2015. It highlights that:
- Nearly a third of people in Cambridgeshire have at least one long term condition. Common conditions discussed include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Risk of long term conditions increases with age and those with multiple conditions or limitations are at higher risk of poor health outcomes. Social factors also impact risk across the lifecourse.
- The report uses local data to estimate numbers of adults and older adults in Cambridgeshire with multiple long term conditions, limitations, and mental health
PRIME Centre Wales
Long Term Conditions Consensus Meeting
Tuesday 10th November 2015, St Mary's Priory, Abergavenny, NP7 5ND
http://www.primecentre.wales/ltc-consensus-meeting.php
This document summarizes a conference on creating a sustainable older society in the UK by 2020. It discusses challenges of an aging population such as increasing numbers of older people needing care and people with dementia. Presenters addressed issues like healthcare sustainability, social care funding reforms, and the need for greater individual savings and retirement planning. Data showed the percentage of GDP spent on health, pensions and social care will rise significantly. The conference highlighted the need for stable social care policies, improved financial advice, and policy changes to support new retirement funding products that could help cover long-term care costs.
The document summarizes Gloucestershire's Cultural Commissioning Programme, which aims to strategically fund arts and cultural projects to support health outcomes. It details the program's pilot projects from 2014-2016, which involved 13 projects across 8 health themes. Each project used a co-production model and is being evaluated based on a framework measuring outcomes like effectiveness, lessons learned, and opportunities for replication. The program seeks to embed arts commissioning long-term and integrate it into other local health initiatives through a forthcoming arts on prescription service tender.
Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland from The National Homeca...myhomecare
This slideshow is from Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland. Tadgh recently spoke at Irelands first ever National Homecare Conference which took place on 28th March in The Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin.
Dr Justin Varney, National Lead for Adult Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England. Dr Varney will be discussing the relationship between sport and the public health agenda.
This document discusses a new partnership model of mental health care called Home View in Blackpool that provides a 15-bed step-down housing facility with on-site support for patients transitioning out of acute care. In its first year, Home View supported 55 people and saved the NHS £100k. The partnership aims to promote recovery in a home environment, reduce patient isolation, and replicate similar collaborative housing and support services going forward to better address geography-specific mental health pressures and bed capacity issues.
Holly Holder: Caring for older people in societyNuffield Trust
The document discusses caring for aging populations and compares approaches in Japan and England. It notes that Japan has the oldest population in the world and introduced significant reform to its long-term care system in 2000. Key aspects of Japan's system include universal compulsory insurance for those over 40 that provides home care and day services based on need for those over 65. England assesses eligibility based on a means and needs test and provides less support, with 44% of social care for the elderly being self-funded. Both countries are undergoing reforms to address the challenges of caring for growing older populations.
Nhs Sustainability Day 2016 Liverpool Road Show4 All of Us
March 26th this year saw over 300 healthcare organisations take action to promote sustainability and increase public health awareness and we are fortunate enough to have the support of; Public Health England, Department of Health, Department for Energy and Climate Change and The Prime Minister, David Cameron. Working with these stakeholders we aim to further develop the links between health and sustainability thus improving economical and health outcomes within the UK.
For the 2016 campaign, beginning in September, and to celebrate our 5th year of the campaign we will be promoting 50kg of carbon. This is effectively promoting what the public and health professionals can do to save 50kg of carbon. This could be achieved through; walking to work, cycling, planting a tree etc.
Launched in the House of Lords on Thursday, 13th July 2017, this report, produced by ILC-UK with the support of Royal London, finds that those who received financial advice in the 2001-2007 period had accumulated significantly more liquid financial assets and pension wealth than their unadvised equivalent peers by 2012-14.
Transforming care for learning disabilitiesNHS England
The document summarizes key findings from the Health and Social Care Information Centre's 2013 Learning Disabilities Census report for England. It finds that over two-thirds (68.3%) of the 3,250 service users surveyed across 104 provider organizations had been prescribed antipsychotic medication. Additionally, nearly half (47.4%) of service users had been prescribed antidepressant medication. The document suggests these findings indicate high rates of psychotropic medication prescription among people with learning disabilities in England.
The UK Office for National Statistics has launched a National Well-being Programme to measure national well-being beyond traditional economic indicators like GDP. The programme aims to establish an accepted set of national statistics on well-being across ten domains, including health, relationships, education, and the environment. So far, the programme has conducted public consultations, published initial annual reports, and added questions to household surveys on life satisfaction, feelings of worthwhileness, happiness and anxiety. Future work includes further developing measures, analyzing drivers of well-being, and providing local area well-being data. The goal is to better understand and monitor societal progress over time.
The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) facilitates international collaboration on research into chronic diseases in low and middle income countries. It aims to generate evidence to inform health policies and supports implementation research through funding projects. The GACD has members from several countries and organizations, including the European Commission. It has provided over $23 million in funding across 15 projects studying hypertension in 15 countries. The GACD is currently funding over $40 million in research on type 2 diabetes through a joint call with its members.
HLEG thematic workshop on "Multidimensional Subjective Well-being", Glenn Eve...StatsCommunications
Presentation at the HLEG thematic workshop on "Multidimensional Subjective Well-being", 30-31 October 2014, Turin, Italy, http://oe.cd/HLEG-workshop-subjective-wb-2014
The UK Research Councils will deliver through the GCRF £1.5b in research grants for international development research over the next five years. This funding is new and additional to existing sources of research support like DFID, the Newton Fund, etc., which will continue. The GCRF represents the largest single boost to research council funding in their history and will create an entirely new stream of development research funding across arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, with particular opportunities for interdisciplinary research.
This document discusses end of life care and provides definitions and guiding principles. It notes that end of life care aims to help those with advanced illnesses live as well as possible until death, through management of pain and other symptoms as well as psychological, social, spiritual and practical support for both patients and families. The document also outlines key policies and guidance related to end of life care in the UK, and discusses considerations around strategic planning, community engagement, and positioning an organization to provide high quality end of life care services.
The document provides an overview of the launch event for the East Midlands Research into Ageing Network (EMRAN). It outlines the vision for EMRAN to facilitate collaboration between researchers, commissioners, providers and practitioners interested in research on the care of older people in the East Midlands. The event included talks on EMRAN's project plan and engagement activities. It also highlighted the challenges of conducting high-quality, complex research in ageing and implementing findings, and the potential role of a network in supporting research funding, conduct and translation into practice across the region.
This document discusses funding opportunities for public health research in Northern Ireland and the UK. It outlines the strategic context for public health research and infrastructure that supports it, including the Northern Ireland Public Health Research Network. Funding sources are described for both Northern Ireland and the UK, including the NIHR Public Health Research Programme. An example of a successful NIHR funded study is provided that was developed through the NIPHRN and involved collaboration between academics, health organizations, and voluntary groups.
HLEG thematic workshop on "Multidimensional Subjective Well-being", Glenn Eve...StatsCommunications
Presentation at the HLEG thematic workshop on "Multidimensional Subjective Well-being", 30-31 October 2014, Turin, Italy, http://oe.cd/HLEG-workshop-subjective-wb-2014
The document provides information about the SBRI Healthcare Programme, which is an NHS England funded initiative that uses innovation to help address challenges in the public sector healthcare system. It outlines key features of the SBRI process, including that it provides 100% funded R&D contracts for innovative suppliers to engage with the public sector. It notes upcoming competitions through the programme, including ones focused on improving patient flow and operational efficiency in acute care settings, and developing tools to support self-care and independence for children with long-term conditions. Contact details are provided for those interested in learning more or applying to the programme.
JPI More Years Better Lives workshop: Integrating policies, programmes and services in an ageing society (30 October 2019)
https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/whats-new/events/thl-s-eu-2019-side-events/demographic-change-equality-and-wellbeing
Healthcare: Leadership, Integration, Platforms; CCIO experiences in the NHSTony Shannon
Presentation to HISI 2015 on experiences as a CCIO.
Issues covered:
Healthcare under pressure
Need for medical leadership
Integration of care around the patient
Advent of open platform in healthcare
Changes ahead. Progress optional
The Bupa Foundation is a UK medical research charity that funds research to improve health outcomes. It provides £3 million annually for grants in areas like behavior change, mental health, patient decision-making, and new technologies. Eligible proposals can receive up to £100,000 for 3 years or £600,000 for multi-country research. In addition, the Foundation offers smaller seed grants and annual prizes of £15,000 for completed research. Application is through an online system and involves a short form and potential full proposal. The Foundation aims to fund high-quality research that can make a meaningful impact on public health.
This document summarizes a meeting about integrating health and social care in Sheffield, England. It discusses the Thriving VCF Leadership Group, which aims to strengthen relationships between voluntary/community organizations and the public sector. The group will hold quarterly workshops and provide reports to the Sheffield Executive Board. The document also summarizes a presentation on the Better Care Fund, which allocates £3.8 billion nationally to local health and social care priorities. In Sheffield, £42 million will be spent on areas like preventative care, rehabilitation, independent living support, and long-term high-needs care. Attendees then discussed current and potential challenges, opportunities, and ways to overcome challenges through collaboration.
A presentation by Craig Bardsley as part of the Sustainability and Ownership panel discussion at the International Symposium on Cohort and Longitudinal Studies in Developing Contexts, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy 13-15 October 2014
The document introduces the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for North West London and the older people's care programme within it. It aims to share the programme's progress and priorities and seek feedback. The older people's care programme is focusing on getting health and social care systems to work together better for older adults, improving care for those in homes, supporting home-from-hospital care, end-of-life care, and commissioning high quality services. It has made achievements like establishing home as the preferred place of care and increasing rapid response services. The reference group aims to improve care coordination and address challenges like workforce development through its projects.
The document provides statistics and evaluations on participation in the Marie Curie Actions (MCA) under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) by organizations in the North-East region. It shows that over 100 organizations from the region participated in various MCAs, receiving over 32 million Euros in funding. The MCAs achieved over 60,000 researchers financed and over 10,000 PhDs supported under FP7. Evaluations of the MCAs found that they strengthened collaborations and career development opportunities for researchers.
The document is a question asking about how the EU interprets its nationality quotas for sporting competitions like the World Cup. Specifically, it asks whether England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales count as separate nations under these quotas, or if they are considered as one nation of Britain/Great Britain.
The document discusses the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under the Horizon 2020 program. The MSCA will have a proposed budget of €5.75 billion from 2014-2020 to support training and career development of researchers through international and inter-sector collaboration. The key activities will include Innovative Training Networks for early-stage researchers, Individual Fellowships to support mobility, and Research and Innovation Staff Exchange to facilitate transfer of knowledge. The MSCA will also support regional, national and international co-funding programs through COFUND. The goals are to foster excellence, boost innovation, enhance skills, and increase structural impact of research and innovation throughout Europe and beyond.
This document provides an overview of the Marie Curie Actions funding program. It discusses the UK National Contact Point which provides advice on applying for Marie Curie grants. It describes the different types of Marie Curie grants including Intra-European Fellowships, International Incoming Fellowships, and International Outgoing Fellowships. The document also summarizes the eligibility criteria, evaluation process, and financial aspects of the Marie Curie grants.
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1. Age UK
Research
Matthew Norton
Monday 11th September 2012
2. The Age UK Group
Mission – to improve the lives of older people
• A social enterprise and a charity
• Five areas of activity (‘Pillars’)
• 3000 employees
• 50,000 volunteers
• Turnover £160m + Brand Partners £140m (Total £300m;
2010-11)
• There are over 200,000 charities in the UK and some much
bigger than us!!
3. The 5 pillars
Health and Well-being
Home and Care
Travel and Leisure
Money Matters
Work and Learning
4. Research for Later Life
(Age UK Research)
Overall aim - to produce research solutions for an ageing population
by:
• Funding and commissioning
‘Research into Ageing’ (Health & Well-being)
Social and Economic research
Services and evaluation research
• Translating research findings to produce an evidence base for policy,
practice, products and services (including market research)
• Developing mutually beneficial research relationships at all levels
6. Why we need effective research now
• 1 year of additional woe for every year of life
gained
• Less than 1 year of additional woe for one year of
life gained
• No additional woe for each year of life gained
• Less woe despite life gained: Fries’ ‘Compression
of morbidity’
The 6
7. Age UK Research Effectiveness
Our research is widely
recognised for its
effectiveness
8. Examples of Age UK Research
Effectiveness
Development of the DWP ageing strategy in
‘Opportunity Age’ (2005)
Development of the Social Exclusion Units
strategy in ‘A Sure Start to Later Life’ (2006)
Development of treatment for reducing post-
event inflammation in thrombotic stroke
(2009)
Changes to the diagnosis and treatment of
urinary incontinence (2010)
Removal of the default retirement age
(2011)
Care in Crisis Campaign (2012)
9. The Team
Head of Research – James Goodwin
Knowledge Research into Social and
Management Ageing Fund Economic
Research
Manager: Manager: Manager:
Phil Rossall Libby Archer Matthew
Norton
10. Knowledge Hub
Professional Resources
about issues, projects,
and information on older
people
– Evidence, research,
statistics, and
information about
older people and the
older population
11. Later Life 2012
National and International Trends:
Later Life in 100 slides
Prepared by Age UK Research
Department
For source information, see the Later Life factsheets in the Age UK
Knowledge Hub
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/professional-resources-home/knowledge-hub-evidence-statistics/
12. New Infographics site (in
development)
•Economic Dashboard – get the
latest economic indicators every
quarter
•Maps of ageing
•Time-series spreadsheet –
range of socio-economic indicator
data in one place
•Infographics summarising data
on individual topics
•New illustrated factsheets
13. The definitive road map for ageing research in Europe
Aim:
To produce recommendations for the EC age research agenda
FP 8 (2013)
• Two year project (2009 - 2011)
• To create the definitive road map for ageing research in Europe for the
next 10-15 years
• The most extensive consultation ever conducted in this field
• Identify the main priorities on ageing and health from a multi-disciplinary
perspective
• Build on consensus between key stakeholders
14. Research Priorities
• Oldest old (and centenarians)
• Health of older people
• Dementia (largely funded elsewhere)
• Frailty
• Obesity
• Variations in outcomes
• Age Discrimination
• Variations in health care
• Assistive living technology / Digital Inclusion
• Social care (particularly to support campaigning)
• Work and employment transitions in later life
• Pensions
• Intergenerational contact / conflict / fairness
15. Grant-funded research
programme
Manager: Libby Archer (on
the left!)
What?
Through the Research into Ageing
Fund, we fund external research
projects that aim to improve later
life.
How?
We run competitive grant rounds to
identify the best quality ageing
research in the UK to fund within our
remit.
Key development
In 2010, the Trustees decided a
revised direction and emphasis for
the programme for the future.
16. The Awards
We normally invite applications for grants once a year, for one
or more of the following types of award:
• PhD Studentships
• Research Fellowships
• Senior Research Fellowships
• Clinical Research Fellowships
• Research project grants
• New Investigator awards
We publish detailed eligibility criteria for the type(s) of
award(s) on offer at the time of calling for grant
applications.
17. FIAF process
Expressions of Interest in the first instance. These are assessed by
our Research Advisory Council (RAC)
All full applications are reviewed by a target of three independent
referees in line with AMRC guidelines and are evaluated for
overall merit by the RAC.
Fellowship candidates are shortlisted after the full application stage
for interview with the RAC.
The RAC ultimately recommends grant awards to the Age UK
Trustees’ Board for decision.
We publish timetables and deadlines for the process together with
full guidance for applicants at the time of calling for applications.
18. Grant-funded research
programme
Implementation
Working with the Research Advisory Council and Brendan
McCormack in 2011, the revised direction and emphasis was worked
up in depth for implementation through revised policies and remit for
future grant rounds.
The grant round will support the Health and Wellbeing pillar.
First grant round under this remit launched November 2011.
Additional expertise co-opted to Research Advisory Council to
advise on this grant round. Brendan is observing the whole process.
£1,000,000 has been committed to this grant round.
Note – grant rounds take 9 months to complete and take place
in 2 main stages.
19. Grant-funded research
programme
Outcomes to date
Wider remit has been welcomed by many people in the research
community.
Wider remit has attracted first stage outline applications in a wider
range of health and wellbeing research than ever before.
It has captured a wider range of gerontological research approaches
into the programme.
The number of outline applications received at first stage is an all-time
record – 272 (2010: 164).
Outline applications have been assessed by the RAC.
42 have been selected to go to the next, full application stage (the
maximum that is sensible given the level of budget available).
11 were funded by the Research Advisory Committee.
20. Outcome – Funded research
Of the 272 submitted the RAC decided that only 11 were fundable (achieving
a score of 12.5 / 16):
2 Fellowships
1 Clinical Fellowship
8 PhDs
Including: 3 on skin / wound healing dementia; older workers in construction
sector; sex in later life; delirium; using pre-operative comprehensive
geriatric assessment to improve outcomes after vascular surgery; early
diagnosis of cognitive impairment; and constipation
Remit of the round changed, but still no social or behavioural science
21. RIAF 2013
Remit is to support Health and well-being pillar
Integral part of Age UK fundraising strategy
RIAF still under review as part of a wider review of Age
UK research strategy
• Announcement for next round in Spring 2013
• Higher quality translational research – particularly
social and behavioural science
22. Social Research Programme
Manager: Matthew Norton
Focused on meeting policy and service delivery objectives under
5 pillars
Commission Research: modest budget
16 projects in 2010/11, 12 in 2011/12
‘In-house’ analysis
Contribute to Policy / Campaign strategy and service delivery
Work with Academics to use their research to create impact
23. Social Research Highlights
Care in Crisis 2012
£4,000 for underpinning analysis
Further analysis ‘in-house’
Additional campaigning and media work
Large media and political impact
Living on a low income in later life
£40,000
Description of the daily struggle for older
people on low income
Substantial media coverage – raise
awareness / support campaigning
24. Social Research Highlights
Health Outcomes for older people
• Major investment
~£200,000 over 3 years
• Age UK as leader on trends
in health in later life
• Underpin policy work and
service development
• Launch at IFA in May 2012
25. Social Research highlights
Economic Monitor
• In house project lead by
Chief Economist
• Age UK as authority on
economic issues related to
older people – non-
economist audience
• Underpin policy work and
service development
• Launch at Party
Conferences 2012
26. Social Research in 2012 / 13
Projects already planned:
• Debt and older people
• Social Care: From needs to outcomes
• Health Outcomes in Later Life 2013
• Focus on oldest old
• PLINY: RCT on befriending
• Modelling auto-enrolment in pensions
• NISER modelling of pensions looking at impact on
saving of different scenarios
27. Knowledge Management Programme
Manager: Phil Rossall
Focus on building the evidence base
for the Age UK Charity, Group and partners
Emphasis April 2011 onwards on outputs:
• publications
• events
• professional website
Spreading good practice on use of evidence
throughout Age UK
Ensuring accuracy of external messages
Building Age UK reputation as centre for expertise
and knowledge on ageing
28.
29.
30. Knowledge Management Highlights
Outputs and activity:
•Knowledge Hub on professional pages of external website,
including live updating, expert articles (5) and regular blogs
•Generic fact sheets (regularly used by media, fundraising etc)
and presentations e.g. 100-slide Later Life presentation
•Improving Later Life book
•Co-production of accessible research summaries: Evidence
Reviews (2) and Expert Series (7)
•Setting up new Resource Centre in Tavis House
31. Knowledge Management Highlights
•Establishment and dissemination of Policy and research e-
bulletin (10 editions so far)
•5 Expert Briefing events, including 2 external research
launch events
•External talks on the older population (2)
•Local authority statistics tool for Influencing Consortium,
plus support for partners
•Research support for publications e.g. Agenda for Later
Life, literature search and research support service,
participation in special projects e.g. support for International
team in Bosnia and Serbia
•Support/ quality control for media and web editorial teams
(daily) and fundraising, Enterprises etc (regular)
32. Knowledge Management Highlights
Other ongoing activity and plans:
•Planning sequel to Improving Later Life
book (current)
•Extending Knowledge Hub web pages to
include maps, visualisations and
infographics (started March 2012)
•Fourth Age project (summary of 85+
population) ongoing, report late 2012
•New materials for Influencing Consortium
(maps and data) for Summer 2012
33. Partnerships
Working with academic institutions / funders to:
• Establish funding priorities (E.g Dementia / BIG lottery etc)
• Priorities topics for research (individual projects)
• Design research
• Deliver
• E.g. TSB funded COBALT project / PLINY RCT
• Advise
• Implement and disseminate
• Patient and Public Involvement
We are both proactive and reactive to research proposals / funding calls
• Welcome approaches from academics
The wider Care in Crisis campaign got huge media coverage and led to us being the number 2 charity in terms of media coverage in January 2012 (behind UNICEF)
The wider Care in Crisis campaign got huge media coverage and led to us being the number 2 charity in terms of media coverage in January 2012 (behind UNICEF)