UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
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Person-centred Practice Research Centre
Provision of Care to Older People.
Dr Assumpta Ryan (Strand Lead)
School of Nursing and Institute of Nursing and Health Research
University of Ulster
Strand Focus
provision of care to older people, family
caregiving, long-term care, community care
and rehabilitation.
work collaboratively with other centres in the
Institute of Nursing and Health Research to
advance research and development in personcentred care for older people.
On-going projects
Improving quality of life in nursing and residential homes by
implementing an evidence-based programme of best practice in
person-centred care.
Promoting future planning for ageing family carers of older
people with learning disabilities: a ‘training the trainers’
approach
Effective family support models during the transition of adults
with intellectual disabilities into old age.
Completed projects
Planning for the future: an exploration of the needs of older
family caregivers of older people with learning disabilities at
home.
What aspects of primary care work in the prevention,
recognition and management of mental health issues across the
lifespan, for whom does it work, in what circumstances and
why?
The Impact of the community care in enabling older people with
complex needs to remain in their own home.
An exploratory study of the impact of nurses in pre-hospital
emergency care: Benefits for older people.
Completed projects cont.
A review of service provision for older people with mental health
problems.
An evaluation of the effectiveness of theoretical and experiential
interventions on students nurses contribution to the care of older
people.
Assessing telecare for carers of older people.
Rural family carers’ experiences of the nursing home placement
of an older relative.
PhD Projects
The roles, responsibilities and services provided by home
helps/home care assistants. Kevin Moore.
Mood and anxiety disorders across the life-span: incorporating age
within the World Mental Health survey. Ronald McDowell
Dignity in residential care settings through the lens of Appreciative
Inquiry. Jill Murphy
The development and evaluation of a narrative based approach to
practice development in an older adult residential care setting,
utilizing residents’ stories to inform practice change. Catherine
Buckley.
International Collaborations
Caudiana College of Health Professions, Bozen, Italy. Work
on-going with Dr Maria Mischo-Kelling and colleagues on a
study: Person-centred care: what are the understandings,
experiences and expectations of chronically ill patients in the
region of South Tyrol?
Alexander Technological Educational Institution of
Thessalonica, Greece. Work on-going with Dimitrios
Theofanidis on an Erasmus programme focusing on a range of
issues pertaining to the care of older people across Europe.
Albany University, New York. Work on-going with Professor
Phillip McCallion on the development of effective family
support models during the transition of adults with intellectual
disabilities into old age.
Publications
Over 36 publications by strand members since 2008.
Over 35 conference presentations by strand members at
a range of national and international conferences since
2008.
“Never lose sight of the fact that old age
needs so little,......but needs that little so
much!”
Margaret Willour