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Upskilling informal carers

Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, PHD |King’s College London, UK; Naomi Soneye-Thomas, Rachel Barber
Competition Sponsor: UK Research & Innovation
Awardee Year: 2022   In the United Kingdom, there are currently around 13.6 million unpaid family carers looking after older, ill and/or disabled adults. This number increases by 6000…
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Developing a toolkit to support health professionals in building community-based group exercise programmes for older people with chronic conditions

  Tim Rees, PhD | UK Research and Innovation; Tom Wainwright, PhD; Mark Beauchamp, PhD; Mark Stevens, PhD
Competition Sponsor: United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Awardee Year: 2022 As the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) waiting list soars above six million people, with treatment wait times over two…
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Social exergaming

Rebecca Atkinson, PhD | University of Sussex; Naji Tabet, PhD; Alon Stoerman
Competition Sponsor: United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Awardee Year: 2022 Co-developing a social exergaming platform to help older adults with mild memory problems maintain functional independence. To learn more about this proposal, email healthylongevity@nas.edu.…
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Remembering Yesterday

Professor Catherine Loveday | University of Westminster
Competition Sponsor: UK Research & Innovation
Awardee Year: 2022   We grow up in a world where forgetfulness is seen as an inevitable consequence of ageing. Research shows that although this needn’t be a foregone conclusion, it is something that is experienced by…
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My Day: Digital Dementia Toolkit

  Arlene Astell, PhD | University of Reading
Competition Sponsor: United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Awardee Year: 2022 Dementia is a disease that attacks the brain. It mostly happens when people get older but can start when they are working age. People who develop dementia often have problems remembering things…
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Digital Nutritional Assessment tool – DNA-tool

Jenni Connelly, PhD | University of Stirling; Anna Whittaker, PhD; Nidia Rodriguez-Sanchez, PhD; Kevin Swingler, PhD
Competition Sponsor: United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Awardee Year: 2022 Malnutrition (or insufficient nutrient intake) is a significant issue for older people in the UK, and is strongly associated with poorer quality of…
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