Building Capacity Award: Understanding the prevalence, care and management of frailty in care home residents

Completed   2017

Introduction

The aim of this fellowship was to:

  • develop professional networks with the care home sector;
  • build upon existing linked data analytical skills, applying them to the UK care home sector;
  • enhance understanding of conducting data linkage research in the UK;
  • develop qualitative research skills; and
  • work with stakeholders within the care home sector to articulate future research proposals relevant to the sector.

Fellowship

Title

Building Capacity Award: Understanding the prevalence, care and management of frailty in care home residents

Timescale

01/09/2016 to
30/06/2017

Contact


University of Leeds
School of Healthcare
University of Leeds
Room 2.24 Baines Wing
Leeds



LS2 9JT

Email

l.w.schreuders@leeds.ac.uk

REF# P105

KEY LINKS

NIHR

NIHR Funded Research Portfolio

NIHR Social Care Statistics Working Group

Journal of Long-term Care

 

The NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR) is a research and capacity-building partnership between leading centres for social care research across England, with our Directorate hosted at the University of York. The membership of the fourth phase of the SSCR (2024-29) comprises Universities of Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield and York, a collaboration between the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University and The London School of Economics and Political Science. The School for Social Care Research is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (www.nihr.ac.uk).

Membership of previous phases.

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