Transcript UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER

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