Upcoming events programmeYou are warmly invited to join our upcoming events:
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Food and Nutrition in Later Life
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When: 8 January 2013
Time: 9.30am - 16.15pm
Where: University of Reading
The day features talks from experts, as well as an interactive "hands-on" showcase. The event should be informative and fun, and provide an opportunity to meet and network with others who have personal or professional interests in food and nutrition for older people. The programme has been designed to appeal to a wide audience, including older adults, practitioners from health and social care, academic researchers, industry and charities.
Free to attend with lunch and refreshments included.
For further details and to book:
http://kt-equal.org.uk/calendar/96/60-Nutrition-in-Older-Age------------------------------------------
Thinking outside the box - meeting the needs of people living with dementia and their carers
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When: 24 January 2013
Time: 9.00am - 16.45pm
Where: The Forum, St James Parade, Bath, BA1 1UG
Dementia is a major challenge facing our health and social services over the next 20 years. This has now been recognised by the government and significant resources are being directed towards early diagnosis, new treatments and management of people with dementia.
This funding will only be effective if we can develop news ways of supporting and managing people with dementia and there carers. This will require a multidisciplinary team approach to problem solving and service delivery. Health and Social Care Practitioners are familiar with the concept of multidisciplinary team working but often lack insights into dynamics of group working. We need to ensure that the interventions are effective and consider outcome measures that are appropriate for a long term neurodegenerative condition that are appropriate for patients and carers.
This event aims:
- to help researchers, health and social care professionals to think differently about meeting the needs of people who are living with dementia
- to consider the range of outcome measures that might be used to assess the benefit of an intervention
- to make researchers aware of the challenges and opportunities of multidisciplinary working
- to inform new researchers of the needs of people with dementia
- to trigger ideas for new research and provide a forum where participants can develop potential proposals
Please note that this event has limited places to ensure that representatives from several disciplines have the opportunity to participate.
Free to attend with lunch and refreshments included.
For further details and to register interest:
http://kt-equal.org.uk/calendar/96/61-Thinking-outside-the-box-meeting-the-needs-of-people-living-with-dementia-and-their-carers------------------------------------------
Design for Living in Later Life
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When: 31 January 2013
Time: 10.00am - 16.30pm
Where: The Open University, Milton Keynes
This event brings together the latest research ideas and developments about creating lifetime environments for people of all ages.
Free to attend with lunch and refreshments included.
For further details and to book:
http://kt-equal.org.uk/calendar/96/54-Design-for-Living-in-Later-Life------------------------------------------
Keeping safe and maintaining independence: older people and sight loss
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When: 7 February 2013
Time: 9.30am - 15.45pm
Where: Weetwood Hall Conference Centre and Hotel, Otley Road, Leeds, LS16 5PS
This workshop event is concerned with sight loss in later life and how we can enable people to live a quality life despite the difficulties that arise from diminished vision.
This event aims to raise awareness of sight loss and its impact and to increase knowledge and understanding of how to support people with sight loss. The programme will showcase new developments in research and practice that have the potential to inform practitioners.
Free to attend with lunch and refreshments included.
For further details and to book:
http://kt-equal.org.uk/calendar/96/62-Keeping-safe-and-maintaining-independence-older-people-and-sight-loss------------------------------------------
New posts on the KT-EQUAL blog which may be of interest to you:
Housing LIN newsletter – Housing with Care Matters, December 2012This reflects back on some of the successes the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) had in 2012, including the recent 2nd annual conference attended by over 300 people.
The conference also saw Norman Lamb, Minister for Care and Support Services, announce an additional £40m in this financial year for Disabled Facilities Grants. Details of this and a number of other recent policy and funding announcements to do with housing, care and support are featured in this end of year newsletter along with information on new learning resources from the Housing LIN, important new publications such as HAPPI2, calls for information, and details of Housing LIN forthcoming regional meetings and events.
New dementia website launched: dementiakt.caThe Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network (CDKTN) and the National Core for Neuroethics are pleased to announce the launch of the online Dementia Knowledge Translation (KT) Learning Centre. This website is targeted towards new and established dementia researchers engaged in KT.
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Invitation to take part in a studyI am sending some details passed onto us by one of our members, based at TRL:
We are currently undertaking a European study regarding older road users and what different countries do about supporting mobility. The aim of our project is to investigate travel patterns and road safety amongst older road users across Europe, see how they are changing and look at what work is being undertaken to support improving mobility. As part of this we are looking to undertake interviews with possible major players as to what they are doing. Would anyone be interested in taking part in a telephone interview with one of our researchers on this topic?
If you are interested please contact Jenny Stannard, Principal Project Manager and Road Risk Consultant.
email:
jstannard@trl.co.ukIt would be helpful if you would contact Jenny by 18 January 2013 if you would like to take part.
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Recent HighlightsA new BBC film highlights the work of our i-design team in Cambridge: how do older people use technology?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20664470Falling off the Bandwagon: Sustaining digital engagement by older people - a series of consultation events have recently been undertaken exploring potential solutions to the challenges faced by older IT users. A major consultation event took place at St Georges House, Windsor focusing on solutions and how to implement them.
http://www.stgeorgeshouse.org/consultations/social-and-ethical-consultations/recent-consultations/We were delighted that The Princess Royal presented a keynote address at our recent '
Showcase world class occupational therapy research to meet the needs of an ageing population' event. This event took place at the College of Occupational Therapists where The Princess Royal is Patron. It was a unique opportunity to bring together leading experts to discuss ways of meeting the challenges of an ageing population.
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I hope that this is helpful. It's been a pleasure to meet with some of you over the course of this year - look forward to further developments in 2013. If you have any queries and or comments/suggestions please do not hesitate to contact me.
As this eventful year draws to a close, we would like to thank you for all your continued support and extend seasons greetings. All the very best for 2013.
Bangar
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S Bangar
KT-EQUAL Research Co-ordinator
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
http://www.equal.ac.uk/*Please note: I work 4 days each week. 
