Capability Support programme – a new scheme for community-led organisations
We are offering the opportunity for eligible community-led organisations working with older people to access a tailored programme of capability-building support
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Latest news from ImpactAgewell® now available
Agility and flexibility have continued to prove to be IMPACTAgewell’s® USP during the pandemic and both the support of service users and partnership-working across Mid and East Antrim has benefitted the community enormously. Staff at IMPACTAgewell® supported GP surgery …
Call for seed funding proposals: the ageing immune system
Our call for seed funding proposals on the topic of the ageing immune system is now open, with a deadline of 23rd July 2021 at 5:00pm.
Feedback on Expressions of Interest for “Developing the evidence base: building and delivering suitable living environments and communities for an ageing population”
We received many applications at Expression of Interest stage, so competition was very high. This blog piece details some general feedback and the common characteristics of lower-scoring applications.
Making the extra years count – Inequalities in disability and dependency with increasing longevity
The International Longevity Centre (ILC) has today published a report, which draws on research led by Newcastle University and funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust, investigating the trends in longevity, disability, and dependence between 1991 and 2011. The research …
Life in an extra care village during the pandemic: a resident’s view
Roger Turner is Chair of the Residents’ Association at Lark Hill, an ExtraCare Charitable Trust village in Nottingham. In April 2021, he was invited by the St Monica Trust to speak at a seminar, part of Housing LIN’s popular …
The Retirement Village and Extra Care Housing in England: Operators’ Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The findings of this study, published today and carried out by St Monica Trust, supported by the Housing LIN and funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, make essential reading on how the sector mobilised quickly to respond to COVID-19 …
Joint BGS / Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Training Fellowship – open for applications
The Dunhill Medical Trust (DMT) and the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) invite front-line health professionals to apply for a Doctoral Training Fellowship. This is the third year of the joint scheme, offering funding for doctoral research that will ultimately …
Vacancies: Independent members of Community Grants Committee
Passionate about making evidence-based change for an age-friendly society? The Dunhill Medical Trust not only funds some of the very best of the UK’s academic and clinical research into understanding the mechanisms of ageing and treating age-related diseases and …
Call for proposals now open: building and delivering suitable living environments and communities for an ageing population
We are excited to announce that Expressions of Interest in our new call for proposals, on the topic of building and delivering suitable living environments and communities for an ageing population, are now invited.
LESS COVID-19: lessons from the frontline
The National Care Forum and the University of Leeds have launched the findings from DMT-funded research into the experiences of frontline care home and NHS staff caring for older people with COVID-19 in the first few months of the pandemic.
Helping care homes to cope with change
Organisational resilience is key to enabling care homes to adapt to the many changes they face, whilst still delivering good care to their residents. In this blog post, Dr Al Ross from the University of Glasgow explains what resilience ‘looks like’ in the context of care homes and what factors contribute to it.