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Building research capacity in social care

A new project is underway to develop shared working between academic and local authority teams in West Yorkshire. Led by Professor Anne Forster, member of the ARC Yorkshire and Humber...

New Research Paper – Development and external validation of the eFalls tool: a multivariable prediction model for the risk of ED attendance or hospitalisation with a fall or fracture in older adults 

Falls are common in older adults and can devastate personal independence through injury such as fracture and fear of future falls. Methods to identify people for falls prevention interventions are...

ARC Yorkshire & Humber supported study finds that telephone-based care can prevent loneliness and depression in older people 

The Behavioural Activation in Social IsoLlation trial or BASIL+ was a major clinical trial carried out during the COVID pandemic. The trial found that when older people received weekly phone...

New International Collaborative – Ageing Research Trialists (ART) Steering Committee

Professor Andrew Clegg (Theme Lead for Older People with Frailty, Yorkshire and Humber ARC) is the Chair of the Ageing Research Trialists (ART) Steering Committee. Established as part of Yorkshire...

ARCs funded for research into National Priority Area of Healthy Ageing, Dementia, and Frailty

Yorkshire and Humber ARC’s Older People with Frailty theme are co-leading an NIHR approved research programme with NIHR ARCs in Wessex, Greater Manchester and South West Peninsula. The research programme...