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Can vaccination roll-out be more equitable if population risk is taken into account?

by Web Team (CJ) | Nov 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Frailty, Inequality, Prevention, Publications

Looking at the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in light of population risk.

Effects of digital technologies on older people’s access to health and social care: Umbrella review.

by Web Team (CJ) | Nov 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Digital, Inequality, Publications

Synthesizing evidence on the impact of digital technologies on older adults’ access to health and social services.

Women’s Health

by Web team (LB) | Nov 1, 2021 | Healthy ageing, Inequality, Past projects, Prevention

A series of focus groups with women aged 65+ to understand their priorities for women’s health.

Only a call away: Reducing loneliness and social isolation in older people

by Web team (DM) | Sep 30, 2021 | Blogs, Healthy ageing, Mental health

Dr Lis Boulton assesses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on older people, and how they can be supported now and in the future.

Research with family carers of people living with dementia: recruiting during the pandemic

by Web team (HR) | Sep 13, 2021 | Blogs, Care, COVID-19, Dementia

Exploring the experiences of informal carers.

National early warning scores and COVID-19 deaths in care homes: an ecological time-series study.

by Web Team (CJ) | Sep 1, 2021 | Care, COVID-19, Publications

Investigating whether National Early Warning Scores (NEWS/NEWS2) could contribute to COVID-19 surveillance in care homes.

Identifying older adults with frailty approaching end-of-life: A systematic review

by Web Team (CJ) | Sep 1, 2021 | End-of-life, Frailty, Inequality, Publications

Synthesising evidence on identification of older people with frailty approaching end-of-life, and whether associated intervention improves outcomes.

The contribution of multiple long-term conditions to widening inequalities in disability-free life expectancy over two decades: Longitudinal analysis of two cohorts using the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies.

by Web Team (CJ) | Sep 1, 2021 | Disability, Inequality, Long term conditions, Publications

Using longitudinal data to assess whether multiple long-term conditions contribute to the widening disability-free life expectancy inequalities by socioeconomic deprivation.

Older people’s alcohol use during COVID-19

by Web team (LB) | Jul 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Healthy ageing, Past projects, Prevention

Exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic affected older people’s alcohol use, and how they can be supported to make healthier decisions about their drinking.

Healthy ageing for all? Comparisons of socioeconomic inequalities in health expectancies over two decades in the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II

by Web Team (CJ) | Jun 1, 2021 | Disability, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Life expectancy, Publications

Using longitudinal data to better understand trends in disability-free life expectancy and years independent by socioeconomic status, and how underlying transitions contribute.