NIHR ARCs National Priority Area in Healthy Ageing Dementia and Frailty Programme Launch - October 1, 2021
Fri, Oct 01
|Online
Time & Location
Oct 01, 2021, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Online
About the event
When: Friday, 1 October 2021 13:00 – 14:00 BST (Recording of launch below)
Chair:
Professor Alison Richardson, NIHR ARC Wessex Director
Professor Helen Roberts, NIHR ARCs National Priority Area in Healthy Ageing, Dementia and Frailty programme lead
Speakers:
Mr Matthew Winn, Director of Community Health - NHS England and NHS Improvement
Ms Liz Jones, Policy Director, National Care Forum
Projects
•FinCH Imp- Falls prevention in Care Homes Implementation Study (led by ARC East Midlands)
•FLEXI – FaLls EXercise Implementation (led by ARC East Midlands) - Professor Vicki Goodwin, University of Exeter
•WHELD - Training care home staff to improve well-being and mental health of residents living with dementia (led by ARC South West Peninsula) - Professor Clive Ballard, University of Exeter
Plus a live Q&A to find out more about the studies and their national impact on healthcare.
Celebrating United Nations International Day of Older Persons