“Greater attention is rightly being paid to the valuable work that social care staff do to support living and dying well in care home and domiciliary care settings. The evidence base is growing about promoting continence and preventing urinary tract infection (UTI) in old age and is a potentially helpful resource for social care staff and managers. This #CRED talk showcases the best of this research in the UK, with a focus on practical take-home messages for people working in social care.

When the need to go to the toilet is complicated by mobility, sensory and cognitive challenges the health and social care needs of the person often intersect. This #CRED talk will consider the value of reframing different interventions as integral to intimate and personal care work and of fitting them alongside other care being delivered. It discusses how opportunities to reflect on practice and learn from each other about how to promote continence and prevent UTI, help to ensure that existing evidence is used more effectively.

This #CRED talk will bring you up to date with the latest evidence and associated learning resources in care home and domiciliary settings, with the aim of supporting you in the work that you do.”

Date: Thursday 4th May 2023

Time: 15:00 – 16:00

Venue: Online 

For more details please click here 

ENRICH has been developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and is a resource supported by the NIHR

• Statistics and health economics
• Qualitative methodology
• Support on involving patients and public in research, identified by the NIHR as a critical component in funding applications
• Peer review of draft grant applications before submission.

‘Services impact carers differently than the people they care for and their views are just as important. The views of carers are important, could make a difference, and should be valued in health and social care research. However, research often overlooks these perspectives.

NIHR have just published a set of graphics to support the involvement of unpaid/family carers in health and social care research.

We hope our graphics will provide support for both researchers and carers to work together. One graphic focuses on the top tips for researchers involving carers in their work, the other focuses on top tips for carers who are considering becoming involved.’

“The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this primary research topic.

In order to apply you will need to carefully review the:

• Commissioning brief
• Stage 1 application supporting information
• Stage 1 guidance notes

Applications received by the advertised closing date will be considered at a first-stage funding committee meeting, and successful applicants will then be invited to submit a Stage 2 application. Applicants will have 8 weeks to complete and submit their Stage 2 application form, which will then be considered at the following HTA funding committee meeting. For more information, please read the commissioning brief.

All primary research projects are expected to establish a programme appointed Study Steering Committee and it is important that you read the Research Governance Guidance before completing your application. Costs incurred by this committee should be included in the budget as appropriate.

Studies within a trial or review

This funding opportunity is eligible for a SWAT/SWAR (study within a trial or study within a review), which can help significantly improve methodology of future research as well as the host study. Find out about the benefits of SWATs/SWARs and how to include one in your application.

Australian National Health and Medical Research Council collaborations

The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is considering its next round of joint funding with the NIHR, and may include this funding opportunity. If so, the NHMRC will invest a total of up to $3 million AUD to cover the Australian component of all research projects selected for funding, under all the calls it is supporting.

NHMRC will provide funding for the Australian-based Chief Investigator, in accordance with the standard NHMRC funding agreement and the NHMRC-NIHR Collaborative Research Grant Scheme guidelines. Please refer to the NHMRC website for more information. UK-only applications are also welcome.”

Opens  23 March 2023 –  closes 13:00 on 29 November 2023

Contact:

• For help with your application contact htafunding@nihr.ac.uk
• For more information about the funding Programme, visit the HTA Page

“Developing your research delivery workforce 

with a targeted qualification

Virtual event 22 March 2023 (12.30pm to 2.00pm)  

Registration is now open via the link below

https://cvent.me/0XngMR

Are you an employer looking for new ways to develop the next generation of Research Delivery Leads?

Could you help to mentor colleagues to develop the research delivery leaders of the future?

Introducing the NIHR-AoMRC Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework, created to provide the necessary networks, skills and confidence needed for healthcare practitioners from any regulated profession to lead and support clinical research delivery.

Join us on Wednesday 22 March 2023 from 12.30 to  2.00pm to learn more about the Framework and how it can help you to develop the Research Delivery workforce. 

What is the NIHR-AoMRC Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework? 

The Framework consists of Master’s level qualifications and is designed for learners with busy work schedules studying part time. 

Flexible access is provided to theoretical online modules that develop learners’ knowledge and insight of the approaches to, and delivery of, clinical research.

Learners put their learning into practice by undertaking a workplace-based module where they work on existing research projects in their local area, supported by the mentorship of an experienced researcher. 

Who can attend?

Employers, if you are looking for new ways to develop the next generation of research delivery leads, this event is for you. 

Potential workplace supervisors, if you are experienced in research delivery and want to help to develop the research delivery leaders of the future, this event will explain what the supervisor role involves and what you can gain from it.

Further information and registration details can be found on the event home page using the link 

Full details about the Clinician Researchers Credentials Framework can be found here

If you would like to register for updates about the Clinician Researchers Credentials Framework, please complete this form.”

“Material Citizenship, a new approach to dementia care, uses objects used to carry out tasks (such as a mobile phone or curling tongs) as a mechanism for improving the care experience for care home staff and people living with dementia in care homes. It does so by:

• Encouraging care home staff to include personal possessions in care plans
• Support use of personal possessions to maintain routines and rituals
• Enable people living with dementia to carry out everyday tasks, supporting them to the live the life they want to live

According to one care home manager, taking a Material Citizenship approach has transformed how they provide care.

They have seen an improvement in the wellbeing of residents and increased confidence in staff who attended the training. Care home staff are now supporting people living with dementia to engage in meaningful activities such as delivering newspapers, baking bread and polishing their own rooms – with the polish they like. It has also had a more fundamental impact on the care practices of a  care home.  In one care home the manager gave an example of how it has changed the culture in the care home. Prior to introducing Material Citizenship catering staff worked certain times of the day and food was restricted to set meal times. This has changed and catering staff are now available to support residents in meal choices and meal times that suit them.  It was also reported that prior to Material Citizenship, time restrictions of when people should leave the care home and return to the care home were in place. Residents no longer need to be back at certain times, they have more freedom to come and go as they wish, something noted by an external healthcare professional as being wonderful.”

Click here  to see Dr Kellyn Lee (Visiting Fellow, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton) explain how it works

For more information on Material Citizenship contact: info@materialcitizenship.com

Material Citizenship, a new approach to dementia care, uses objects used to carry out tasks (such as a mobile phone or curling tongs) as a mechanism for improving the care experience for care home staff and people living with dementia in care homes. It does so by:

• Encouraging care home staff to include personal possessions in care plans
• Support use of personal possessions to maintain routines and rituals
• Enable people living with dementia to carry out everyday tasks, supporting them to the live the life they want to live

According to one care home manager, taking a Material Citizenship approach has transformed how they provide care.

They have seen an improvement in the wellbeing of residents and increased confidence in staff who attended the training. Care home staff are now supporting people living with dementia to engage in meaningful activities such as delivering newspapers, baking bread and polishing their own rooms – with the polish they like. It has also had a more fundamental impact on the care practices of a  care home.  In one care home the manager gave an example of how it has changed the culture in the care home. Prior to introducing Material Citizenship catering staff worked certain times of the day and food was restricted to set meal times. This has changed and catering staff are now available to support residents in meal choices and meal times that suit them.  It was also reported that prior to Material Citizenship, time restrictions of when people should leave the care home and return to the care home were in place. Residents no longer need to be back at certain times, they have more freedom to come and go as they wish, something noted by an external healthcare professional as being wonderful.

To hear Dr Kellyn Lee (Visiting Fellow, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton) explain how it works click here

“Elizabeth Hancock, a Manager at Fulford Nursing home, gives her perspective on why it’s important for Care Homes and Nursing Homes to get involved in research.

In this three and a half minute video, Elizabeth describes some of the research studies she’s been involved with and outlines the benefits this has had for her residents, staff and her organisation.

For further information contact: art.researchengagement.crnyorkshumber@nihr.ac.uk

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYYqOlSs9bo“

“Why do we need reviewers?

NIHR Evidence publishes Alerts, which are short, accessible summaries of NIHR-funded research. Comments from reviewers include health and care professionals, as well as people with lived experience, carers and other members of the public. We value our reviewers’ thoughts on how research impacts them, and they help us decide whether to develop an Alert on a piece of research.

If you would like to share your views on research and help others understand its impact, become a reviewer.

Please note that we offer public and some professional reviewers, a small honorarium payment for each completed review. Please see our Payment Policy for further information.

What do reviewers do?

If we approach you to review a paper for us, we will send you the details of the paper we’d like you to look at, along with a form with a few questions to complete. If you have signed up as a public reviewer, we will also send you our summary of the paper. Often it is enough to just read our summary or the abstract, and we expect the task to take about 30 minutes in total.

We aim to send you papers on topics you are interested in; and we only contact many of our reviewers once or twice a year. Please note that you do not have to provide a review just because you’ve signed up. You can decline to review any paper and still remain on our database.

For more information on being a reviewer, please see the Reviewer Guidelines or contact us at ced@nihr.ac.uk.

Register to become a reviewer here

Other opportunities to get involved in research

Your experience of your own care, or the care of others, is of great value to researchers. Researchers may have textbook knowledge about different conditions, but they have gaps in their understanding if they have not also lived through it.

Members of the public can work alongside researchers to help shape:

• what research gets done
• how it is carried out
• how the results are shared and applied in practice.

By getting involved in research, you can help make research more relevant and useful to patients, carers and the public.”

If you are a member of care home staff and would like to help shape the research landscape click here: I want to help with research

“The committees play an important role in helping us deliver our mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.  Through funding by the Department of Health and Social Care, the NIHR enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people’s health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.

We are looking for people who have a broad interest in health, social care and actions to improve public health and address health inequalities.

You do not need to have a scientific background to help us shape research!  We are looking for people who are able to use their own experiences to improve the research we wish to fund.

The NIHR is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all areas of our work. We recognise public contributors may encounter barriers to involvement. We will take steps to ensure we are as accessible and inclusive as possible. We want to increase the diversity of our public contributors and the voices heard in research, and are trying to take positive steps to improve representation in our committees.

For more information about the role and how to apply, visit the NIHR website: Public Committee Member – NIHR Programmes

We would be happy to answer any questions about these opportunities and provide guidance and support on the application process, please contact us by email: publicrecruitment@nihr.ac.uk “