Professor Catherine Walshe, Co-Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, explains how delivering research in care homes is becoming increasingly important with an ageing population. She discusses how research can be championed and facilitated in these settings.

Study shows a link between working conditions, care quality and residents’ quality of life. Researchers report that policies to improve working conditions for staff are essential to improve outcomes for people living in care homes.

A networking opportunity for researchers, stakeholders and public and patient representatives from across the Care Home sector.

Join us to celebrate The Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit’s (ASCOT) 10th anniversary! A webinar series that celebrates a decade of outcome measurement in adult social care, bringing together an international network of researchers and experts in long-term care to present their findings and consider future research priorities.

12 October 12:30 -13:30

Registration is FREE!

The British Society of Gerontology Care Home Special Interest Group Autumn Symposium brings to you this free event that focuses on how care homes research can have a more positive impact on everyday care home practice? Register for your place now!

Are you interested in conducting research to improve access and use of services for people with speech, language, and communication needs? Then this funding call could be for you.

Do you have an idea for a health, public health or social care research project, but don’t know how to get started? Are you thinking of a career in research, but feel intimidated at the prospect of finding training and funding? If “yes”, then register for our online Starting Research Workshop 2022!

Hot off the press! A new paper drawing on interview and ethnographic data, presenting a conceptual model to describe the decision-making processes that care home staff undertake prior to the transfer of a care home resident to hospital.

NIHR Three Schools’ Dementia Research Programme, are inviting proposals for research projects to address priorities for improving the lives of people living with or at risk of dementia, family and other carers. Deadline: Wednesday 7 September 16:30.

Do you have an interest in dementia care? Would you like to be part of a conversation discussing how it may develop and transform in the future? Then why not register for your free ticket to the Care Roadshows London. Registration required.