January 2012:
A report of the findings from the first national audit of the care received by the people with dementia in general hospitals (England and Wales) was published on 16th December 2011, with widespread media coverage. This included Professor John Young’s interview with the BBC. John is a senior medical advisor to the Audit and a member of the steering group. The findings from ward observations about the quality of person-centred care using qualitative observational methods developed by John and Rosie Woolley were also published in the report. The full report can be accessed on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ website http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/quality/nationalclinicalaudits/dementia/nationalauditofdementia.aspx
Provisional results of the LUNS (longer term unmet needs after stroke) study were presented at the UK Stroke Forum on 30th November 2011 (International Journal of Stroke, 2011, 6 (suppl 2), 3).
Provisional results of the TRACS (training caregivers after stroke) trial were presented at the UK Stroke Forum on 30th November 2011 by Prof Anne Forster (International Journal of Stroke, 2011, 6 (suppl 2).
The Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation department is pleased to announce that Dr Elizabeth Teale has been appointed as Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Geriatric Medicine.
November 2011:
We are pleased to announce that the TRACS trial results are going to be presented at the UK Stroke Forum, Glasgow.
We have been given a slot during the Late Breaking Research Study Results Session, 30th November, 11.45-13.00, Forth Room.
Following this brief presentation we are hosting a TRACS Trial Results Satellite Session, 30th November, 13.00 to 14.30 in the Crowne Plaza hotel attached to the conference centre (please see the attached invite for further information). The satellite session will present the results in more detail, including the 6 and 12 month outcomes, the health economic evaluation and the process evaluation study.
If you would like to attend this session please contact Josie in advance to book a place and obtain further details:
(j.dickerson@leeds.ac.uk, Tel: 01274 383408).
September 2011:
Rosie Woolley (Research Fellow in the Academic Unit of Elderly Care) and Jill Hoyle (Practice Development Lead) held an afternoon workshop at the RCN Dignity in Dementia Conference on 21 September 2011 in Liverpool. They were invited to present their research to develop the PIE (Person, Interactions and Environment) observational method for use in the national hospital audit of dementia (Royal College of Psychiatrists). Jill presented her experience of using the tool and Rosie presented some of the key components of communication distinguishing person-centred care for people with dementia in the acute setting.
Rosie, Jill and John Young have also had a research poster accepted for the BGS (British Geriatrics Society) Autumn Meeting in Brighton on 13 October 2011.
Anne Forster of the Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, is pleased to announce that the Postgraduate Certificate in Stroke Care will be launching in January 2012.
Abstracts for the LUNS (longer term unmet needs after stroke) study and TRACS (training caregivers after stroke) trial have been accepted for oral presentation in the Late Breaking Research Study Results session at the UK Stroke Forum in Glasgow (29th November – 1st December 2011).
May 2011:
“John Young and Rosie Woolley have been asked to extend their work with the Royal College of Psychiatrists in relation to the on-going National Audit of Dementia care"
The Academic Unit welcomes new team members:
Adam Jowett – Research Fellow
Lesley Brown – Research Fellow
Tom Crocker – Research Fellow
Fouzia Potrick – CIMSS Implementation Manager
Julie Beresford-Dent – CIMSS Implementation Manager
Vicky Padgett – Clerical Assistant
The LoTS care stroke system of care trial, run by the Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, reached its target of recruiting 800 patients on 31st March 2011, making it the second largest stroke rehabilitation trial in the UK after the TRACS (training caregivers after stroke) trial. The LoTS care trial is a cluster randomised controlled trial involving 29 community stroke care coordinator led services throughout the UK and comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of a structured, evidence-based system of longer-term stroke care with usual practice.