Category: Publications

Interventions for cold homes: a rapid review of the health impacts

by | Apr 5, 2024 | Healthy ageing, Inequality, Prevention, Publications

Identifying interventions designed to improve heating and temperatures within homes.

Trends in life expectancy and healthy life years at birth and age 65 in the UK, 2008–2016, and other countries of the EU28

by | Apr 2, 2024 | Disability, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Life expectancy, Publications

Calculating and comparing sex-specific healthy life years, unhealthy life years (ULY), and mild and severe ULY at birth and age 65.

Characteristics of older unpaid carers in England: a study of social patterning from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

by | Mar 10, 2024 | Care, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Publications

Describing the characteristics of older people who provide unpaid care and how these vary by socioeconomic position.

What works to support carers of older people and older carers? An international evidence map of interventions and outcomes

by | Mar 1, 2024 | Care, Healthy ageing, Prevention, Publications

Mapping evidence about interventions to support carers and the outcomes evaluated, and identify key gaps in current evidence.

Caring for older people as a social determinant of health: findings from a scoping review of observational studies

by | Feb 20, 2024 | Care, Healthy ageing, Prevention, Publications

Assessing the breadth of evidence on older carers/carers of older people in UK cohort studies.

Preferences of people 50 years and older when thinking of their future care needs

by | Feb 1, 2024 | Care, Inequality, Prevention, Publications

Understanding preferences for different aspects of models of social care for older people, and exploring how those preferences might change in the future if their care needs increase.

Digital technologies to prevent falls in people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment

by | Jan 5, 2024 | Dementia, Digital, Falls, Inequality, Publications

Evaluating evidence for technologies aiming to reduce falls and fall risk for people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

Promoting sexual health in older adults: findings from two rapid reviews

by | Nov 1, 2023 | Healthy ageing, Publications

Providing an overview of the evidence on sexual health needs and sexual health promotion in later life.

Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against

by | Aug 1, 2023 | COVID-19, End-of-life, Inequality, Publications

Exploring palliative care experiences of people of African and Caribbean descent during and immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experiences of discussing Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on behalf of a relative during the COVID-19 pandemic

by | Jun 1, 2023 | COVID-19, End-of-life, Inequality, Publications

Exploring the experiences of people who discussed DNACPR with a healthcare professional on behalf of a relative during the coronavirus pandemic, with the aim of identifying areas of good practice and what needs to be improved.