Showing posts with label older people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label older people. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 October 2016

The DEarEST project – Co-creating healthy ageing in Hull:

Lesley Glover
Dr Lesley Glover and Judith Dyson, along with Professor Fiona Cowdell of Birmingham City University, have secured £29,964 over one year from the local Clinical Commissioning Group for a project:
Judith Dyson
 'The DEarEST project – Co-creating healthy ageing in Hull' 

Friday, 16 January 2015

RCN Older People’s forum and BGS joint conference

Making integrated care a reality

This inaugural joint conference celebrates how older people’s experiences of services can be improved through multi-professional, multi-agency collaboration. It builds on the success of previous conferences hosted by the RCN and BGS to share experiences of how working together can make integrated care a reality.

Themes for the conference include:
• care closer to home
• partnership in care for people with dementia
• frailty
• developing older people’s nursing.

Monday 30 – Tuesday 31 March 2015

Renaissance Manchester Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester M3 2EQ

Day 1
2pm registration
2.45pm conference begins
5pm conference closes
5–6pm welcome reception and exhibition viewing

Day 2
8.45am registration
9.30am conference begins
4.30pm conference closes

Online booking is now available.

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

New publication by Fiona Cowdell

Fiona Cowdell is first author on a Cochrane review protocol:
Dr Fiona Cowdell

Cowdell F, Jadotte YT, Ersser SJ, Danby S, Walton S, Lawton S, Roberts A, Gardiner E, Ware F, Cork C (2014) Hygeine and emollient interventions for maintaining skin integrity in older people in hospital and residential care settings The Cochrane Library doi: 10.1002/1465.CD01137

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

"Whose problem is it: Communicating with older adults

Following her successful  Mary Seacole Award, Dr Gloria Likupe conducted a symposium on 16 June 2014 to disseminate the results. Speakers included Dr David Foster Assistant Director of Nursing from the Department of Health, Mohamed Jogi from NHS employer and our own  Professor Kate Galvin.

These pictures were taken at the event:



Monday, 9 June 2014

New publications by Dr Gloria Likupe

Gloria Likupe has published:
Dr Likupe

Likupe G (2014) Communicating with older ethnic minority patients Nursing Standard 28:40, 37-43

And co-authored:

Likupe G, Baxter C, Jogi M and  Archibong U (2014) Managers' perspectives on promotion and professional development for black african nurses in the UK  Diversity and Equality in Health and Care 11, 113-23


Thursday, 15 May 2014

Symposium 16 June 21014

Following her successful  Mary Seacole Award, Dr Gloria Likupe
Gloria Likupe
is conducting a symposium on 16 June 2014 to disseminate the results. Speakers will include Dr David Foster Assistant Director of Nursing from the Department of Health, Mohamed Jogi from NHS employer and our own  Professor Kate Galvin.


The symposium is:

"Whose problem is it: Communicating with older adults"

Venue: Staff House, University of Hull
Time: 0930-1600