Past Events:
Autumn Symposium Fri 25th November 2022: Turning Care Homes Research into Practice: How Can Care Homes Research Have More Positive Impact on Everyday Care Home Practice?
Speakers:
- Professor Adam Gordon: Professor of Care of Older People, University of Nottingham
- Nuno Lopes: Director of Care, Nightingale Hammerson.
- Heather Bell: Research Delivery Manager, CRN West of England and Local ENRICH Lead
- Glen Garrod: Executive Director of Adult Care and Community Wellbeing for Lincolnshire Country Council
BSG Care Homes Research SIG Symposium at the BSG Annual Conference: 7th July 2022: Developing Connected and Resilient Care Home Communities in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Presentation 1: Interactions and relationships between ancillary staff and care home residents and their relatives.
Dr Olivia Luijnenburg: King’s College London.
Presentation 2: Supporting nursing-home nurses’ mental well-being during and after the COVID-19 pandemic (The THRIVE study).
Dr Diane Bunn, University of Easy Anglia
Chair and discussant: Dr Laura Brown, University of Manchester
BSG Care Homes Research SIG AGM: 24th May 2022
Special Guest Speaker: Dr Bram de Boer (Maastricht University): 'Innovative nursing home care for people with dementia: a Dutch perspective & applications’
Winter Symposium 25th Jan 2022: Equality and Diversity Issues in Care Homes.
Presentation 1: Mistreatment and inequalities of racialised care home staff: Implications on care workers and residents’ outcomes
Professor Shereen Hussein, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Presentation 2: Perspectives on the experiences of people with a learning disability and dementia in care homes.
Dr Karen Watchman, Senior Lecturer in Health Sciences Stirling at the University of Stirling
Presentation 3: Supporting care homes to improve their support for LGBT+ older people
Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Head of School, School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Strathclyde
Autumn Symposium 19th October 2021: Ethics, Governance and Capacity to Consent in Care Homes.
Presentation 1: ‘He would want to help if he could’: conducting ethical research with care home residents with impaired capacity to consent.
Dr Victoria Shepherd, Cardiff University.
Presentation 2: Supporting study set up and the capacity & capability process for care home research in the CRN West Midlands.
Lauren Thakrar & Sandra Prew, CRN West Midlands.
Presentation 3: Doing research around death and dying with people with learning disabilities: Is it possible? Is it ethical?
Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Kingston & St George’s University of London.
BSG Care Homes Research SIG Conference Symposium 2021: Responding to the Impact of Covid-19
Presentation 1: Views of residential respite for older people living with dementia and carers pre-Covid-19 and during the pandemic. findings from an interview-based study.
Dr Kritika Samsi: King’s College London.
Presentation 2: Discounting older disabled people in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: The English government’s breaches of care, equality and human rights laws.
Dr Sue Westwood, University of York
Presentation 3: Innovation and change to support care home residents and staff during COVID-19 and beyond.
Dr Susan Shenkin, University of Edinburgh
Winter Symposium 26th Jan 2021: Developing Solutions to Support Care Homes during the COVID pandemic.
Presentation 1: Evaluation of the Enhanced Universal Support Offer to Care Homes across the NEY Region.
Dr Sally Fowler Davis, Sheffield Hallam University.
Presentation 2: Exploiting digital care for older people during a pandemic.
Professor Martin J Vernon, University of Manchester, NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Autumn Symposium 24th November, 2020: Promoting independence and wellbeing among those living with dementia in long-term care/care homes.
Presentation 1: Material Citizenship: Functional objects for meaningful lives.
Dr Kellyn Lee, University of Southampton, UK.
Presentation 2: The role of exercise in preventing falls and fractures for long-term care residents with dementia.
Dr Caitlin McArthur, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
BSG Care Homes Research SIG Inaugural Conference Symposium 2nd July, 2020: Promoting wellbeing in care homes.
Presentation 1: Volunteer-led Behavioural Activation for treatment of depression in care homes.
Associate Professor Christina Bryant, University of Melbourne.
Presentation 2: Sativex® for the Treatment of AgitatioN in Dementia (STAND trial) - a feasibility study.
Dr Chris Albertyn, Kings College London.
Presentation 3: How can we best support the care home community through research: Developing a research network for care homes in Wales.
DrStephanie Green, Swansea University.