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The Cambridge City over – 75s Cohort Study (CC75C)
Long-term follow-up study of a representative population-based sample of older people, started in 1985 from a survey of over 2,600 men and women aged 75 and above.
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The Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS)
Established in 1995 as a centre for gerontology and biographical research, it believes that the experience and aspirations of older people should be at the core of research and teaching on ageing.
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The Centre for Applied Dementia Studies
One of the UK’s leading centres for psychosocial research into living with, and caring for, people with dementia and their families. Improving Transitions in Dementia Care is one of eight specialist doctoral training centres funded by the Alzheimer’s Society.
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The Centre for Applied Obesity Research – Leeds Beckett University
Aims to improve the understanding of the development of obesity, including the associated comorbidities (CVD and type 2 diabetes) and psychosocial conditions to identify effective preventative and management approaches.
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The Centre for Pain & Rehabilitation – Leeds Beckett University
Conducts research on the science of pain and its management including pain sensitivity response, response to electrophysical stimuli, pain perception, epidemiology of pain, pain education and pain from injuries.
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The Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH)
Joint venture between the University of Exeter’s School of Psychology, Medical School’s Institute of Health Research, and PenCLAHRC. The aim of REACH is to improve the lives of older people and people with dementia.
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The Healthcare Workforce and Quality of Care Unit
At the forefront of advancing the healthcare agenda, driving positive change and developments in national and international healthcare policy and practice. Areas of expertise relevant to Ageing Society include research on the healthcare workforce and on long-term conditions, including teams focussing on wound care and prevention and utilising technologies to promote self-care and management.
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The International Network on Population Ageing and Urbanisation (INPAU)
Network of research groups, local authorities, NGOs and charitable foundations committed to promoting active ageing in urban environments through high quality research. Receives funding from ESRC International Partnership and Networking Scheme, universities, Manchester City Council and third sector organisations.
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The Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Dedicated to improving diagnosis, therapy, intervention and outcome across the spectrum of rheumatic and musculoskeletal medicine, including wide-ranging clinical, translational and basic research.
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The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC)
Undertakes high-quality applied health research focused on the needs of patients and supports the translation of research evidence into practice in the NHS. Current projects include the ‘Dementia – PACT (D-PACT)’ programme, a five-year project funded by a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), that aims to develop and evaluate a system for dementia support based in general practice for people with dementia and their carers, and ‘Caring about Care - Improving the Experience of Care for People with Dementia in Hospital’ that is exploring how people with dementia, who fall ill or have had an accident and find hospital settings confusing and overwhelming, together with their families and hospital staff, can benefit from effective interventions.
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The Positive Ageing Research Institute (PARI)
Cross-faculty multidisciplinary institute involving over 130 academics, which aims to support positive ageing and address ageing-related issues, including improving quality of life and fostering independent living.
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The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research
A partnership between the Universities of Bradford and Leeds, and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is a new facility to improve the health and wellbeing of patients in Bradford and the region. The facility, which opened in July 2019 at Bradford Royal Infirmary, will speed up the translation of research into real benefits by providing a hub where researchers, health professionals, policy makers and communities can share and collaborate, to address three main health challenges: health childhood, healthy ageing and the quality and safety of health care. By combining the expertise of health researchers with clinicians who have daily contact with patients, the Centre will ensure that its findings are put rapidly into practice –resulting in better health and social care for those who need it most.
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