Our researchers developed a toolkit to improve quality of life for patients with multiple #LongTermConditions by reducing the use of opioids to manage chronic pain. They worked with Health Innovation East, healthcare staff + patients to implement the toolkit: ➡️ bit.ly/45pOsuQ

📢Interested in #ageing and #multimorbidity #research? Join us for an in-person event where you will hear from #researchers across NIHR ARC East of England and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and have the opportunity to #network. 🗓️Wednesday 29 November 🕛12-4:30pm 📍#Cambridge Signup➡️bit.ly/3Qpp8j7

Promises to be an engaging event with lots of great presentations and opportunities for networking Victoria Keevil Cambridge Geriatrics

Accessible #care home population data was a key challenge during #COVID19.❗️ This article thus examines the range and method of data collected in #UK care homes, where there's no mandated Minimum Data-Sets (#MDS):👉journal.ilpnetwork.org/articles/10.31… National Care Forum Julienne Meyer CBE Karen Spilsbury 💚💙💛

We are privileged in the UK to have an enormous comprehensive dataset on primary care prescriptions, and it has some scary statistics around the dangers of inappropriate polypharmacy #BGSConf

Check out my #BGSconf poster on Recommendations for a #deprescribing approach that can be implemented in care homes: STOPPING study findings and lessons mirrors Clare Howard talk on #polypharmacy action learning sets British Geriatrics Society

While hearing all about #polypharmacy at #BGSconf British Geriatrics Society our paper on determinants of implementing #deprescribing in #carehomes is now published: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/11/… Dr Jessica Rees Jo Day Dr Emma Cockcroft Lucy Pollock George Coxon💚 PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) NIHR ARC East of England

As 2023 comes to a close - An insightful read on the determinants of implementing #deprescribing in Care Homes in the UK: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/11/… See our own complementary LTC resources here: deprescribing.org/resources/depr… Let's continue the battle against #polypharmacy into 2024!🌎

🎖️We are thrilled to share that NIHR ARC East of England's Prof. Claire Goodman has been awarded an MBE for her services to improving the experiences of older people in both #carehomes and those living at home. Learn more about Claire's #research here➡️arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/new… #NewYearsHonours

📣Job opportunity! UH Health&SocialWork and CRIPACC UH are looking for an Executive Assistant and Project Officer to provide administrative, project and executive support. This includes diary management and event planning. ⚠️Deadline: Thursday 25 January Apply here➡️jobs.ac.uk/job/DFF888/exe…

Please share widely! Relevant to anyone supporting older people through transitions between care settings. Co produced with people drawing on social care and practitioners BASW NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) NIHR Involvement NIHR School for Social Care Research

Happy to share that our paper on Physical Activity Inclusion in Dementia-Friendly Communities is out in the world. Elspeth Mathie Claire Goodman💚 Elizabeth CJ Pike DEMCOMactive NIHR ARC East of England ➡️ free to access here: doi.org/10.1123/japa.2… #dementia #physicalactivity Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

An analysis of deprescribing tools found that none were deemed acceptable, feasible, and suitable. Future work is warranted to develop and tailor deprescribing tools for the care home setting, considering its specific context and users. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

2 Research fellows posts available at CRIPACC UH University of Hertfordshire closing date is 23 February 2024 jobs.herts.ac.uk/go/056495

Krystal Warmoth teaches us about UK care homes + shares the STOPPING study, informed by #CFIR at #HSRPP2024 HSRPP See this pub from WP1: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/11/… More about STOPPING here: arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/research-imple…

Paper for the WP2 assessing #deprescribing tools can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.saph…

How can we improve the quality of care for people living with #dementia in #hospitals? A new series of resources has just launched that support #hospital staff in incorporating person-centred approaches into their care. Download here🔗arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/new… #DementiaAwareness

"Challenges facing #AdultSocialCare are intrinsically linked with healthcare provision" NHS England Department of Health and Social Care Wes Streeting MP 👉 Read our joint letter with RCPEdin Royal College of Physicians here bgs.co.uk/LordDarzi 👇Read this report via Skills for Care below #ASCWorkforceStrategy

Calling all #GPs in England! Help shape the future of healthcare by sharing your insights on caring for those with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s Disease. Take the 10-min survey for University of Exeter research. 👉 Click here tinyurl.com/4m83t95f University of Exeter Faculty of Health & Life Sci NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)