This research focuses on what happens when older adults experience difficulties in managing their money because of a lack of mental capacity. We investigated how social care practitioners, older adults, and their families attempt to address these difficulties, and how people can be supported.
What are we trying to do? Researchers from The University of Manchester are working alongside Cambridgeshire County Council to conduct a wide-scale evaluation of their fall prevention services. The evaluation aims to understand the lived experience and patient...
We are researching how creative health assets, such as parks, dance clubs and community centres, could help address health inequalities and inequities in Greater Manchester. Creative health could support brain health and protect against risk factors for dementia....
What are we trying to do? Improve the delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation for prevention (primary and secondary) of falls to support better outcomes for older adults. Why is this important? Rehabilitation has good evidence for effectiveness following a fall,...
We collaborated with Manchester Camerata and the NHS to conduct research into the impact of improvised music-making on care home staff and family carers. We recruited two care homes in Greater Manchester and conducted different kinds of research with them, such as...
What are we trying to do?Uncover the specific needs of older women who seek asylum in order for them to age well in the UK.In July 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care published its Women's Health Strategy for England. The document acknowledges that women...
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