Enhancing our understanding of later life

For 2019, AGEING BITES is bring re-launched using a new format.

If the answer is yes, then we would like to invite you to complete our short, online survey about whether and if there is ‘a best time’ for a person with dementia to move to a care home.

The British Society for Gerontology Ageing, Reproduction and Sexualities Special Interest Group invite abstracts of oral presentations to contribute to their proposed symposium at the BSG Annual Conference in Liverpool 10-12 July: https://www.britishgerontology.org/events-and-courses/bsg-annual-conference.

Research Priorities 2018/19 The strategic aim of the Abbeyfield Research Foundation’s is to drive forward the pursuit of robust peer-reviewed evidence to underpin progress and sustainable high standards in the promotion of quality of life and provision of care for older people, both within the scope of its founding parent charity and across the wider sector. The Abbeyfield Research Foundation will support research that: 1. Provides and/or implements evidence underpinning supported housing and care delivery. 2. Effectively crosses boundaries between organisations, services and professions Deadline for outline applications:Friday 11th January 2019, 5pm Further information can be found here: http://www.abbeyfieldresearchfoundation.org/articles/561/

Members may be interested in the NIHR Themed Call on "Improving the outcomes of health and social care for frail people and their carers". This call shows the importance NIHR attributes to tackling the challenges posed to the NHS, social care and wider society by the ageing population of the UK. The call builds on the previous NIHR theme of “Complex Health and Care Needs in Older People” and its work in the field of multi morbidity. Various programme participating and deadlines vary from Jan to March 2019. Further information can be found here: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding-and-support/themed-calls/frailty.htm

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