Articles tagged with 'micra' | University of Manchester

Katie Davies, of the Manchester University National Health Service Foundation Trust, has authored the paper along with Dr Asri Maharani, Professor Tarani Chandola (MICRA Co-Director), Professor Chris Todd and Professor Neil Pendleton.The team assesse...

The resource is targeted at groups such as older people who are required to shield or self-isolate. For further details view the related webpage....

Involvement criteriayou will be able to provide the patient and public contributor perspective of managing 3 or more long-term conditions,be aged 80 years and above,have some previous experience of contributing to the aforementioned research activiti...

Dr Judith Bek, Dr Emma Gowen and Dr Ellen Poliakoff authored the paper along with colleagues from Lancaster.The aim was to investigate whether action observation may provide a more effective stimulus than other visual cues, and used two experiments t...

Members of MICRA's Manchester Urban Ageing Group (MUARG) have authored the paper “Covid-19 and inequality: developing an age-friendly strategy for recovery in low income communities”.The paper explores the social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, focu...

The report provides an analysis of the current law at regional and national level within the EU on the issue of age discrimination in the fields of social protection, education, housing, healthcare and access to goods and services.The work looks set ...

The December webinar asked what it means to age in a context of changing migration flows. The world is rapidly ageing and its migratory patterns are also constantly changing. Three presentations aimed to present the latest findings from ongoing resea...

The first was to the Eurocities urban ageing working group who organised a conference, in association with Age Platform Europe and the World Health Organization, on the theme: 'Adapting European Cities to Population Ageing'. Professor Phillipson revi...

Researchers at the University of Manchester are looking to hear about your experiences of the Manchester Village and what you want it to be in the future, you can share them anonymously on the dedicated website and make your views heard about the Vil...

It is locally coordinated from The University of Manchester and is recruiting until June 2021.The SENSE-Cog team are looking for people who:Are aged over 60 with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or Vascular DementiaHave hearing or eyesight problems (or sus...

The Pension's Advisory Group (PAG) is a collaboration between Cambridge University, the University of Manchester and Cardiff University and is funded by the Nuffield Foundation.The Award is in recognition of PAG’s ground-breaking 2019 report 'A Guide...

On Wednesday, 11 November, OPFPRU ran a short 45-minute COVID-19 Rapid Response webinar which showcased three pieces of work, aimed at informing policy and practice, which will be of interest and relevance as we are in further national lockdown measu...

Legal and General hosted their webinar for financial advisors on 18 November, and MICRA's Debbie Price joined panellists Amyr Rocha-Lima, Partner, Holland Hahn & Wills LLP; Rob Miles, Head of Adviser Sales, Legal & General Home Finance and Meg Dicken...

Dr Alex Hall (Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work) led the grant application along with Professor Debbie Price of MICRA. Nicola Glover Thomas, Professor of Medical Law was co-applicant.The project is a collaboration between FBMH and the Fa...

On Tuesday 24 November at 12.30pm, you can join the panel of speakers from the charities and voluntary sector to discuss how best we can build a national collection around Covid-19. It will be hosted by NHS Voices of Covid-19.Speaking are:Ellie Orton...

An early draft of a study by University of Manchester health economists and data scientists calculates that up to 10,000 more people may have died in care homes from Covid-19 than previously realised. ...

If this describes you then the researchers want to speak to you about your life experiences of racism and discrimination and how these have affected your life. We also want to hear what life has been like for you during the COVID-19 pandemic and rece...

The guide was produced by the Healthy Ageing Research Group at the Univerisity as well as the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. It was recently referenced by the World Health Organisation on their website.The booklet provides practical advice an...

The study will investigate patients’ views and experiences of continuity of care and as part of this PPI group, members will help to shape the strategy and content of this study e.g. giving feedback on survey and interview questions. People from e...

The virtual event, organised by the ILC for 9 December, will discuss the findings from the SWAN project (Social relationships and Well-being across Ageing Nations), a research collaboration of UK and Japanese researchers which is led by University Co...

Care homes are one of the sectors that have been worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this seminar, our presenters discussed the impact of COVID-19 in residential care settings and considered what this means for future policy, regulation, and resea...

MICRA are pleased to promote a newly developed a 6 week, two hours per week, free access online course related to mouth care. It leads the learners through how to provide mouth care for another person, and is aimed mostly at nurses and carers. The...

Professor Alistair Burns, supported by Age UK, is calling on GPs 'to think twice before offering medication as a first-line treatment option for depression and anxiety in older people — and instead refer more patients for talking therapy', a call pic...

Care home staff, including management, registered nurses, care assistants and other frontline staff are invited to take part in a research study that involves a short online survey and an optional follow-up online interview. The study will help us...

The SENSE-Cog project is a 5-year project led by The University of Manchester, which aims to investigate the combined impact of sight and hearing problems and depression and dementia and develop new tools that could improve quality of life and optimi...

MICRAs PhD Network reaches over 100 members – PhD students and early career researchers with an interest in ageing, across the UK and internationally. The network is co-chaired by Francisca Ortiz Ruiz from the University of Manchester, and by Louise ...

Dr Helen Hawley-Hague along with Professor Chris Todd worked with researchers from the University of Bologna and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on the paper: Smartphone Apps to Support Falls Rehabilitation Exercise: App Developmen...

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, a number of issues and concerns have been raised by the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and partners around the depiction and stereotyping of older people. This includes depictions of older people as frail and that ...

MICRA's Professor Debbie Price was one of a panel of experts who authored the groundbreaking report A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce. This essential guide to the treatment of pensions on divorce was published by PAG in July 2019. Th...

This study is part of a PhD thesis which aims to explore how older people with anxiety, from different cultural backgrounds, understand anxiety, how they cope with it, and what they believe are the barriers to seeking help. The researchers hope th...