A decade of ageing research celebrated at ARC East Midlands event

Findings from various studies were presented and ideas for future research to improve the health and social care of older people were discussed at the event on Wednesday, March 11.

The discussion involved researchers, ICB commissioners and frailty leads, care home providers, social workers, occupational therapists, GPs, allied health professionals, voluntary and community service providers for older people and members of the public interested in older people and healthy ageing research.

More than 85 delegates from across the East Midlands shared knowledge and experiences of key priorities around research into ageing, heard about the latest research findings on ageing well, had the opportunity to network with colleagues who commission and provide long term care, rehabilitation and prevention programmes, and share ideas about the future of EMRAN.

Professor Liz Orton, ARC East Midlands Theme Lead for Building Resilience in Later Life, Professor of Public Health at the University of Nottingham and a Consultant in Public Health at Leicestershire County Council, chaired the event.

Professor Sam Seidu, Co-Director of ARC East Midlands and Professor in Primary Care Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Medicine at the University of Leicester, welcomed guests with opening remarks.

Key highlights included presentations from researchers on improvements in care homes and home care, pre-hospital care, tele-rehabilitation in stroke care and falls prevention. 

Delegates took part in a Falls Management Exercise (FaME) interactive taster session and had the opportunity to share their reflections on real-world implementation of research.

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