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The information on this page is sourced via the NIHR Open Data – Funded Portfolio API where projects contain the search phrase “care home”.
Information is updated quarterly with the last changes made at the end of September 2019.
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| Title | Programme | Status | Award | Start Date | End Date | Name | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of the Action Falls rehabilitation programme compared to usual care alone to reduce falls in stroke survivors. | Health Technology Assessment | Contracted | £2302372.84 | 2024-09-01 | 2028-08-31 | The University of Nottingham | |
| Visual Intelligence applies Ai technology, designed to prevent falls and promote wellbeing in elderly patients in primary care home environments. | Invention for Innovation | Active | £48921 | 2024-04-01 | 2024-08-28 | ECLIPSE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED | |
| Mixed methods study to understand the scale, impact and care trajectory for patients who have long lie after a fall. | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £731908.62 | 2024-04-01 | 2026-06-30 | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust | |
| ProMoting divErsity and under represENteD staff in adult social care; attracting, recruiting and retaining more male care workers - The MEND study | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £329119 | 2024-04-01 | 2026-01-31 | University of Leeds | |
| Comprehensive geriatric assessment to sustain independence for older people living with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and frailty | Health Technology Assessment | Active | £2325944.74 | 2024-03-01 | 2028-12-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Selecting reablement models that best support people leaving hospital after an unplanned admission | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £1219000.04 | 2024-03-01 | 2027-02-28 | London School of Economics & Political Science | |
| Reframing wandering as a meaningful activity using realist synthesis and qualitative exploration: the FREEDEM study | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £354781 | 2024-03-01 | 2025-08-28 | University of Sheffield | |
| Optimising Structured Medication Reviews for Older People with Severe Frailty and Care Home Residents to Reduce Overprescribing and Associated Inequalities | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £1035006.52 | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Evaluating staff training and the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in care homes for older adults | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £681852.83 | 2023-10-01 | 2026-03-31 | The University of Sheffield | |
| Evaluation of the National Adult Social Care Volunteer scheme | Policy Research Programme | Active | £367629.09 | 2023-09-01 | 2025-02-28 | King's College London | |
| Individual-level prediction of stroke risk following risperidone treatment in dementia: a mixed methods study | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £162802 | 2023-08-21 | 2024-09-20 | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Development and Feasibility Trial of iSupport-PD, a Digital Intervention for carers of people with Parkinsons and cognitive impairment | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £346911 | 2023-06-01 | 2025-11-30 | University of Northumbria at Newcastle | |
| SOcial Care Rapid evAluation TEam (SOCRATES) | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £2424799.76 | 2023-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | London School of Economics & Political Science | |
| Being kind to ourselves: A feasibility randomised controlled trial of Compassion Focused therapy (CFT) to improve depression and anxiety in Dementia | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £249865 | 2023-04-01 | 2025-09-29 | North East London NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Care Home Activity Providers facilitating Public Involvement in research as meaningful activity for care home residents (CHAPPI) | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £225402 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-09-30 | University of East Anglia | |
| Crossing the Line: Providing personal care in the context of families affected by dementia | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £254141 | 2022-12-01 | 2024-06-02 | Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Care Home Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Infection that are Sustainable and Holistic (CHERISH) | NIHR Professorships | Active | £1999968 | 2022-11-01 | 2027-10-31 | University College London | |
| Understanding interaction in problematic dementia and social care encounters | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £136738 | 2022-11-01 | 2024-04-30 | Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Shaping care home COVID- testing policy: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of asymptomatic testing compared to standard care in care home staff (VIVALDI-CT) | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £1070259.42 | 2022-11-01 | 2024-07-31 | University College London | |
| Feasibility study of an intervention to provide nutritional care for people living with dementia at home (TOMATO: nuTritiOn and deMentia AT hOme) | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £247950 | 2022-11-01 | 2024-12-31 | Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Evaluating a brief novel treatment for COVID-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Health and Social Care workforce: a pre-RCT preparatory study | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £153389 | 2022-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | |
| The benefits and costs of domiciliary care | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £180577.52 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-11-30 | University of Kent | |
| North East Palliative and End of Life Care Collaborative | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £96637.11 | 2022-06-01 | 2023-12-31 | University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| The Cognitive Daisy (COG-D) for improving care for residents with dementia in care homes: A feasibility RCT | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £278283 | 2022-04-01 | 2024-10-01 | University of Lincoln | |
| A mixed-methods convergent parallel study into the impact of emergency laparotomy for older adults living with frailty | HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic Programme | Active | £233044 | 2022-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Living alone with dementia: managing without informal support to contact and navigate services | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £340836 | 2022-04-01 | 2024-05-31 | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| ALLIANCE: Enhancing the quality of living and dying with advancing frailty through integrated care partnerships: Building research capacity and capability | Public Health Research | Complete | £95666.2 | 2022-02-01 | 2023-04-30 | University of Surrey | |
| The impaCt Of dietary intake and Nutritional status in CarE homes on orAl heaLth: an EviDence synthesis (CONCEALED) | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £238928 | 2022-02-01 | 2024-07-31 | The Queen's University of Belfast | |
| Digital and Remote Enhancements for the Assessment and Management of older people living with frailty (DREAM) | Programme Development Grants | Complete | £147456 | 2022-01-01 | 2023-03-31 | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Reducing unplanned hospital admissions from care homes: an updated and extended systematic review | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £89433.46 | 2021-11-01 | 2022-09-30 | The University of Sheffield | |
| Caring Optimally: promoting effective Mouth MInuTes in care homes (COMMIT Study) | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £296136.78 | 2021-10-01 | 2024-03-31 | University of Leeds | |
| FluCare: Estimating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to increase care home staff influenza vaccination rates | Public Health Research | Active | £1449319.51 | 2021-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board | |
| REcruiting and RetAining nurses, and carers in Care Homes: what works, for which staff, under what circumstances, and at what cost? The REACH Realist Review | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £277466.8 | 2021-08-01 | 2023-10-31 | University of Leeds | |
| Air Filtration to reduce Respiratory Infections (including COVID-19) in care homes: the AFRI-c cluster randomised controlled trial with nested internal pilot, process and economic evaluations | Public Health Research | Active | £2663303.43 | 2021-07-01 | 2024-12-31 | NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | |
| Developing Research Practice Partnerships to deliver novel, sustainable collaborations between adult social care research and practice in the UK | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £1656080.39 | 2021-06-01 | 2025-05-31 | King's College London | |
| Maintaining the benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation With Harmonies And Melodies via Singing for Lung Health. The WHAM randomised feasibility study. | Research for Patient Benefit | Active | £248907 | 2021-06-01 | 2024-09-30 | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Evaluating the integration of the Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) into primary care and its impact on patient treatment and care. | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £880273.1 | 2021-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust | |
| Exploring how the naturalistic skills of care-workers impact on the well-being of residents in care-homes: a micro-interactional study. | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £123982 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-09-30 | Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Learning from proactive deprescribing experiences within the Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Study to develop national policy regarding deprescribing in care homes for older people | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £150000 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board | |
| 'Achieving closure? Improving outcomes when care homes close | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Active | £1247778 | 2021-04-01 | 2024-12-31 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Supporting the spread of effective integration models for older people living in care homes: A mixed method approach | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £374806 | 2021-04-01 | 2023-09-30 | The University of Manchester | |
| REVOLUTIONARY SENSOR FOR DETECTING FAECAL INCONTINENCE | Invention for Innovation | Complete | £149238 | 2021-03-01 | 2022-05-31 | Oxford Optronix Limited | |
| A mixed methods rapid evaluation investigating the use of pulse oximetry in care homes across England to manage residents with COVID-19 and long-term health conditions | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £0 | 2021-03-01 | 2021-06-30 | UCL Institute of Child Health | |
| A randomised controlled trial and feasibility study of the effects of an e-health intervention iSupport for reducing distress of dementia carers, especially in the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19. | Public Health Research | Complete | £1462406.4 | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | Bangor University | |
| Rapid evaluation of the care home response to the need for palliative and end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: integration, communication and workforce resilience (CovPall_CareHome) | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £181764 | 2021-01-01 | 2022-06-30 | King's College London | |
| PROphylactic TrEatment of COVID in Care Homes Trial (PROTECT-CH) | NIHR | Complete | £1141045.04 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | The University of Nottingham | |
| uSing rolE-substitutioN In care hOmes to improve oRal health (SENIOR) | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Active | £1493329.95 | 2021-01-01 | 2025-09-30 | Bangor University | |
| The other keyworkers in care homes: implications of including domestic staff in social care workforce strategies and practices relating to Covid-19 recovery | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £167192 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-10-31 | King's College London | |
| Understanding the factors that shape care homes responses to Government COVID-19 guidance on visiting arrangements | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £201326 | 2021-01-01 | 2023-03-31 | London School of Economics & Political Science | |
| Protecting older people living in care homes from COVID-19: challenges and solutions to implementing social distancing and isolation. | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £290903.3 | 2020-11-01 | 2022-02-28 | King's College London | |
| Building a policy and sector-relevant evidence-base of the relationships between care home staffing and quality: developing insights and using novel methodological approaches | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £135278 | 2020-10-01 | 2022-07-31 | University of Leeds | |
| CONtact TrAcing in Care homes using digital Technology (CONTACT) - A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial, cost-effectiveness evaluation and theory-informed process evaluation. | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £1115836.07 | 2020-10-01 | 2022-08-31 | University of Leeds | |
| End of life care in care homes: supporting the workforce and reducing hospitalisations | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £543420.74 | 2020-10-01 | 2023-07-31 | University of Stirling | |
| StOP UTI - STrategies for Older People living in care homes to prevent Urinary Tract Infection: a realist synthesis of the evidence | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £239415.64 | 2020-09-01 | 2022-02-28 | University of Southampton | |
| Developing a novel model for the implementation of falls management in a care home setting. | NIHR Fellowships | Active | £482239 | 2020-09-01 | 2027-02-28 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
| Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £336901.03 | 2020-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | University of Leeds | |
| Models of Support for Moderate needs in Older People (MSMOP) | Policy Research Programme | Active | £1440317 | 2020-02-01 | 2025-07-31 | London School of Economics & Political Science | |
| Using early warning systems in care homes during the COVID pandemic: A mixed method study | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £233267 | 2019-11-01 | 2021-05-03 | NHS Commissioning Board - NHS North of England CSU | |
| Developing research resources And minimum data set for Care Homes' Adoption and use (the DACHA study) | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £2637432.34 | 2019-11-01 | 2024-04-30 | University of Hertfordshire | |
| Developing a scale of work-related wellbeing at work for adult social care staff (ASCOT-STAFF): Phase One | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £180747 | 2019-09-09 | 2021-09-08 | University of Kent | |
| Finding and funding social care: a qualitative study of the experiences of self-funders. | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £285709 | 2019-09-01 | 2021-05-31 | University of York | |
| Understanding stakeholders perspectives on implementing deprescribing in care homes (STOPPING) | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £153224 | 2019-08-01 | 2022-07-31 | Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Delivering safe, effective nutrition and hydration care to residents with dysphagia: a theory-based approach to developing a link dysphagia practitioner | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £159495 | 2019-08-01 | 2021-05-31 | The University of West London | |
| Engaging General Practitioners in Service Development and Quality Improvement in Care Homes: a Realist Synthesis of the Published Evidence | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £148956.22 | 2019-06-01 | 2020-08-31 | The University of Nottingham | |
| Identifying trajectories of progression of frailty in elderly individuals | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £149550 | 2019-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Improving the Oral Health of Older People in Care Homes: a Feasibility Study (TOPIC) | Public Health Research | Complete | £473417.65 | 2018-12-01 | 2023-11-30 | University College London | |
| Dementia - Person Aligned Care Team (D-PACT) | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2744820 | 2018-11-04 | 2024-02-02 | Devon Partnership NHS Trust | |
| Personalised care for people with Parkinsons Disease: PD-Care | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Active | £2570983 | 2018-11-01 | 2025-02-28 | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Improving mealtime care for people with dementia a training intervention for care home staff | HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic Programme | Complete | £170903.74 | 2018-06-01 | 2021-05-31 | The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Conversations on living and dying: facilitating advance care planning for community-dwelling older people with frailty | HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic Programme | Complete | £253359.48 | 2018-04-01 | 2021-08-31 | King's College London | |
| Developing 'frailty fit' pulmonary rehabilitation services for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | NIHR Fellowships | Complete | £580954.87 | 2017-12-01 | 2022-05-31 | King's College London | |
| Personalised care planning to improve quality of life for older people with frailty | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Active | £3492501 | 2017-10-01 | 2025-08-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Improving the quality of care in care homes by care home staff | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £664371.67 | 2017-07-01 | 2020-06-30 | University of Sussex | |
| ELECtric Tibial nerve stimulation to Reduce Incontinence in Care homes: ELECTRIC | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £1196879.87 | 2017-07-01 | 2020-06-30 | Glasgow Caledonian University | |
| Relationship between care home staffing and quality of care: a mixed methods approach | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £930693.31 | 2017-07-01 | 2022-03-31 | University of Leeds | |
| Developing, implementing and testing a new intervention to improve healthy living in older people with frailty. The Holistic Assessment and care Planning in Partnership Intervention (HAPPI) Study. | HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic Programme | Complete | £298765 | 2017-04-01 | 2021-06-30 | Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Optimising hearing-Related Communication for care Home Residents with Dementia (ORCHARD): a realist synthesis | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £147745 | 2017-04-01 | 2018-09-30 | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Individually randomised controlled multi-centre trial to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of a home-based exercise intervention for older people with frailty as extended rehabilitation following acute illness or injury, including embedded process evaluation | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £2387728.27 | 2017-03-01 | 2023-05-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Organising general practice for care homes: A multi-method study | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £502797.43 | 2017-01-01 | 2021-02-28 | University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| The Namaste Care intervention to improve the quality of dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: A realist review and feasibility study for a cluster randomised controlled trial | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £507530.84 | 2016-12-01 | 2019-03-31 | Lancaster University | |
| Innovation to enhance health in care homes: Rapid evidence synthesis | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £204980 | 2016-08-01 | 2017-07-31 | University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| The Metoclopramide and selective oral decontamination for Avoiding Pneumonia after Stroke (MAPS-2) Trial: a 2x2 double-blind, randomized controlled trial of metoclopramide and selective oral decontamination for the prevention of pneumonia in patients with dysphagia after an acute stroke | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £853259.81 | 2016-07-01 | 2019-01-31 | University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | |
| Estimating the benefits and harms of Z-drugs for people with dementia and sleep disorders | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £279961.42 | 2016-06-01 | 2018-06-30 | University of East Anglia | |
| Managing clinical uncertainty for older people in community hospitals to improve communication and palliative care; development, implementation and evaluation of the SPACEtoolkit Symptom and Psychosocial Assessment and Communication Evaluation | HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic Programme | Complete | £318486 | 2016-06-01 | 2021-09-30 | King's College London | |
| A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the Guide to Action Care Home fall prevention programme in care homes for older people.(FinCH) | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £1801970.92 | 2016-05-01 | 2020-08-31 | The University of Nottingham | |
| An evaluation of a multifaceted intervention to reduce antimicrobial prescribing in care home residents [REducing Antimicrobials in Care Homes (REACH)]: a non-randomised feasibility study and process evaluation | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £603563.84 | 2016-04-01 | 2018-03-31 | The Queen's University of Belfast | |
| Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £3161700 | 2016-03-14 | 2023-01-12 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
| Understanding the factors that influence why people with dementia make transitions from the community to acute hospital care settings in the last months of life: a retrospective cohort study (Project U-Care) | Integrated Academic Training Programme | Complete | £854274.49 | 2016-03-01 | 2021-08-31 | King's College London | |
| DREAMS (Dementia Related Manual for Sleep) START (Strategies for Relatives) | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £404291.16 | 2016-02-01 | 2017-10-31 | University College London | |
| Enhancing selection of the healthcare workforce: a programme of psychometric epidemiology | NIHR Fellowships | Complete | £667171.46 | 2016-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | University of York | |
| Developing a sustainable research programme to prevent falls and promote physical activity among older people with dementia. | NIHR Fellowships | Complete | £583243.16 | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | Bournemouth University | |
| Fluoride interventions to prevent dental decay in care home residents: A randomised feasibility study. | NIHR Fellowships | Complete | £488238 | 2016-01-01 | 2022-11-30 | King's College London | |
| Probiotic to Reduce Infections iN CarE home Service userS (PRINCESS) | Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation | Complete | £1868848.87 | 2015-09-01 | 2019-05-31 | University of Oxford | |
| Is it possible to develop a complex intervention to improve the outcome of fall-related injuries in people with dementia? | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £472808.84 | 2015-06-01 | 2018-11-30 | University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Understanding the outcomes of people with cognitive impairment and/or dementia admitted to the general hospital. | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £292752.28 | 2015-06-01 | 2017-09-30 | University of Stirling | |
| Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescribing Service (CHIPPS): Development and delivery of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine both its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £1979386 | 2015-05-01 | 2020-10-31 | NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board | |
| Reducing rates of avoidable hospital admissions: Optimising an evidence-based intervention to improve care for Ambulatory Care Sensitive conditions in nursing homes. | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £1110312 | 2015-03-01 | 2019-01-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Managing uncertainty to reduce emergency bed days in older patients | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £99838 | 2015-02-01 | 2016-01-31 | NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG | |
| Assessment and satisfaction of services for Juvenile Huntington's Disease and modelling alternative methods of service organisation | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £216321 | 2014-11-01 | 2018-04-30 | Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Management of pain in people with dementia living in care homes: Programme and intervention development | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £64897 | 2014-10-20 | 2016-01-20 | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Managing Faecal Incontinence in people with advanced dementia resident in Care Homes, a realist synthesis of the evidence (FINCH study) | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £193298 | 2014-09-01 | 2015-12-31 | University of Hertfordshire | |
| A study to understand and optimise community hospital ward care in the NHS | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £517631 | 2014-07-01 | 2017-10-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Investigation of the Delirium Observation Screening Scale for the routine detection of delirium in care homes by care home staff | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £305045 | 2014-05-01 | 2016-08-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Embedding a Human Rights based approach to dementia care | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £407317.08 | 2014-05-01 | 2016-09-30 | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Carer and patient-led development of recommendations for people with dementia returning home from hospital: understanding what is important | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £222517 | 2014-04-01 | 2016-03-31 | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | |
| Optimising palliative care for older people in the community: development and evaluation of a new short term integrated service | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £258920 | 2013-11-07 | 2016-05-06 | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust | |
| The START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) study: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a manual based coping strategy programme in promoting the mental health of carers of people with dementia - cohort follow-up | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £98157.06 | 2013-09-01 | 2018-08-31 | University College London | |
| Evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) to enable person-centred Care for people with dementia and their carers: A UK cluster randomised controlled trial in care homes (DCM EPIC trial) | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £2331948.26 | 2013-09-01 | 2017-12-31 | Leeds Beckett University | |
| EFFECTIVE HOME SUPPORT IN DEMENTIA CARE: COMPONENTS, IMPACT AND COSTS OF TERTIARY PREVENTION | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2147425 | 2013-09-01 | 2020-03-31 | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Randomised controlled trial of protective stockings against usual care to reduce skin tears and bruises in high risk elderly people living in care homes: a pilot study | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £248063 | 2013-07-08 | 2015-07-07 | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
| C-CHANGE: Delivering high quality and cost-effective care across the range of complexity for those with advanced conditions in the last year of life | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £1972961 | 2013-06-01 | 2018-09-30 | King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Development and preliminary testing of strategies to enhance routine physical activity in care homes | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £1531203 | 2013-05-01 | 2018-01-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| PRevention Of Falls in COGnitively impaired older adults living in residential care (PROF-COG)A pilot multi-factorial intervention to prevent falls in older people living in care homes tailored towards risk factors related to cognitive impairment | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £206486 | 2013-02-04 | 2014-08-03 | King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
| A multi-site evaluation of the Person, Interactions & Environment (PIE) tool to improve person-centred care for people with dementia admitted to acute hospital wards | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £442979 | 2013-02-01 | 2016-03-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Right cot, right place, right time. Using neonatal care data and computer simulation to improve the design and organisation of neonatal care networks. | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £132114 | 2013-01-01 | 2014-05-31 | University of Exeter | |
| Assistive Technology and Telecare to maintain Independent Living At home for people with dementia: The ATTILA Trial | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £1761419.42 | 2013-01-01 | 2019-03-31 | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £715678.4 | 2013-01-01 | 2016-04-30 | University of Hertfordshire | |
| Models of care for the delivery of secondary fracture prevention after hip fracture: a health service cost, clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness study within one Region | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £521351.03 | 2013-01-01 | 2015-06-30 | University of Oxford | |
| Root causes of adverse drug events in nursing home residents with diabetes: enhancing safety in medicines management | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £205782 | 2012-12-01 | 2015-05-31 | Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
| The prevalence of visual impairment in people with dementia | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £436546.83 | 2012-10-01 | 2014-09-30 | The College of Optometrists | |
| A feasibility study to inform the design of a future randomised controlled trial to evaluate a falls prevention intervention in care homes | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £143322 | 2012-07-01 | 2015-01-31 | Nottingham CityCare Partnership | |
| Towards an evidence-based clinical management of visual hallucinations: prevalence, prognosis, impact and pathophysiology | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £1931509 | 2012-06-01 | 2018-11-30 | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Improve the health and wellbeing of older people and the quality of community care they receive, especially for people living with dementia. | NIHR Professorships | Complete | £1149052.04 | 2012-05-01 | 2017-08-31 | The University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Pilot trial of Stop Delirium! A complex intervention to prevent delirium in care homes for older people | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £249197 | 2012-03-05 | 2014-06-04 | Bradford District Care NHS Foundation NHS Trust | |
| The Patient Experience of the MRSA Screening Process and the Impact of an MRSA-Positive Result | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £64516 | 2012-01-05 | 2012-12-31 | University of West London | |
| Development of a simple tool for diagnosis of impending water-loss dehydration in the community. | NIHR Fellowships | Complete | £491183.58 | 2012-01-01 | 2015-03-31 | University of East Anglia | |
| Valuing Active Life In Dementia (VALID) | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2169625 | 2012-01-01 | 2018-06-30 | North East London NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Randomised controlled trial, economic and process evaluation of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socio-economically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary health care (DO-WELL Trial) | Public Health Research | Complete | £798883.51 | 2011-12-01 | 2015-12-31 | University of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Developing an evidence-based intervention to improve health care for, and prevent avoidable hospital admission of, older care home residents with frailty or dementia. | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £96661 | 2011-11-01 | 2013-01-31 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| PANICOA Care Home Final Study; In Depth Examination of Care | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £526269 | 2011-03-21 | 2013-01-10 | University of East Anglia | |
| I can't forget to worry': A pilot randomised controlled trial of CBT for anxiety in people with dementia. | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £199775 | 2010-10-30 | 2013-04-29 | North East London NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Collaborative care and active surveillance for screen-positive elders with sub-clinical depression: a pilot study and definitive and randomised evaluation - the CASPER trial | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £1423871.74 | 2010-09-01 | 2014-10-31 | University of York | |
| Probiotics for Antibiotic Associated Diarrhoea (including clostridium difficile) in care homes: establishing the platform and a randomised controlled trial (The PAAD Study) | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £855392.88 | 2010-07-01 | 2013-10-31 | Cardiff University | |
| An Optimized Person Centred Intervention to Improve Mental Health and Reduce Antipsychotics amongst People with Dementia in Care Homes | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2106004 | 2010-04-01 | 2016-03-31 | Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Multi-professional clinical medication reviews in care homes for the elderly. A randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness study | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £267360 | 2010-03-01 | 2013-10-31 | NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG | |
| How can I tell you whats going on here? The perspectives of residents with dementia living in care homes. | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £65133 | 2009-12-01 | 2011-03-31 | University of Worcester | |
| An investigation of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) system of care in NHS acute trusts to prevent delirium | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2030227 | 2009-12-01 | 2015-09-30 | Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| The START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) study: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a manual based coping strategy programme in promoting the mental health of carers of people with dementia | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £1396776.99 | 2009-09-01 | 2013-11-30 | University College London | |
| A cluster randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention for residents with stroke living in UK care-homes | Health Technology Assessment | Complete | £1797676.09 | 2009-09-01 | 2015-08-31 | University of East Anglia | |
| Analysis of Secondary data sources study | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £80077 | 2009-06-01 | 2011-03-31 | King's College London | |
| Promoting Excellence in All Care Homes (PEACH) Exploring Knowledge, Practices & Training Needs of the Care Home Workforce | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £449266 | 2009-04-01 | 2012-03-31 | Cardiff University | |
| Dignity and Respect in Residential Care: Issues for Black and Minority Ethnic Groups | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £148202 | 2009-02-16 | 2011-03-15 | University of Stirling | |
| A study to develop integrated working between primary health care services and care homes | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £432711 | 2009-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | University of Hertfordshire | |
| Community-based evaluation of 'Preferred Place of Care' in the North West of England. | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £247646 | 2008-10-01 | 2011-03-31 | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Better mental health care for older people in general hospitals | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £425077.52 | 2008-09-01 | 2011-08-31 | The University of Nottingham | |
| Interprofessional team-work across stroke care pathways: outcomes and patient and carer experience | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £427978 | 2008-09-01 | 2011-09-30 | St George's, University of London | |
| Evidence into practice: evaluating a child centred intervention for diabetes medicine management | Health and Social Care Delivery Research | Complete | £615089.31 | 2008-04-01 | 2012-09-30 | Cardiff University | |
| The experiences and expectations of older people resident in care homes, their carers and professionals of end of life care and symptom relief needs: a prospective study. | Research for Patient Benefit | Complete | £237627 | 2008-01-01 | 2010-05-31 | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | |
| Workforce Training and Development in the Context of the Statutory Framework for Social Care Sector | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £38010 | 2007-09-01 | 2009-01-31 | King's College London | |
| Changing practice in dementia care in the community: developing and testing evidence-based interventions, from timely diagnosis to end of life. | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2080666 | 2007-08-01 | 2013-01-31 | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust | |
| National Trends and Local Delivery in Old Age Mental Health Services: Towards an evidence-base | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £1276707 | 2007-08-01 | 2012-07-31 | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Management of Challenging Behaviour in dementia at home and in care homes | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2082734 | 2007-08-01 | 2013-07-31 | Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Support at Home - Interventions to Enhance Life in Dementia (SHIELD) | Programme Grants for Applied Research | Complete | £2167774 | 2007-08-01 | 2014-01-31 | North East London NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Follow-Up of Care Home Residents to Determine Evolution of MRSA Carriage and Effects of Colonization Status on Health Outcome | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £199033 | 2006-10-01 | 2010-03-31 | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
| Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £3110299 | 2006-01-01 | 2011-03-31 | London School of Economics & Political Science | |
| Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University Of Manchester | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £1154767.47 | 2006-01-01 | 2011-02-28 | The University of Manchester | |
| Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University Of Kent | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £2650349.01 | 2006-01-01 | 2011-03-31 | University of Kent | |
| Does Benchmarking Improve Bowel Care in Care Home Settings? | Policy Research Programme | Complete | £59441 | 2005-11-01 | 2007-10-31 | University of Hertfordshire |