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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing

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Based at Newcastle University, University of Manchester and LSE. Views expressed are not necessarily those of NIHR or Department of Health and Social Care.

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Please come along to our free webinar on 19 March - "Promoting healthy ageing: inclusive approaches to physical activity for older adults" hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upcom… - all are welcome!

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Check out our very own Jane McDermott FRSA presenting at a seminar on 11 Feb “Translating evidence for policymakers: strategies, lessons & resources from the NIHR Healthy Ageing Policy Research Unit”. Slides are here: zenodo.org/records/148876… & recording here: bit.ly/4gUXHZu

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📢Check out our new blog: "Which unmet social care needs have the biggest impact on healthy ageing?" bit.ly/3XmgLc9. Read more about our research project and find the BMJ Open article here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2023/11/30/whi…

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📢New report: "Exploring the content of a minimum dataset for homecare" - you can find it here (& read more about our research project): hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2024/07/30/pro…

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📢Check out our new blog from Patience Kunonga (Tafadzwa): "Improving methods for studying Health Inequality and Inequity in evidence synthesis". Read more about her research and find the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology article here: bit.ly/41JHYbo

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📢New article from our team: 'Differences in the risk of frailty based on care receipt, unmet care needs and socio-economic inequalities' JFA Read it in full here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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🏃‍♂️ How does socioeconomic status impact physical activity in older adults? PhD researcher Danielle Harris (Danielle Harris) investigates the factors affecting engagement, highlighting key barriers & potential solutions to promote healthier ageing. 🔗 bit.ly/4hbDEpI

🏃‍♂️ How does socioeconomic status impact physical activity in older adults?

PhD researcher Danielle Harris (<a href="/_djharris_/">Danielle Harris</a>) investigates the factors affecting engagement, highlighting key barriers &amp; potential solutions to promote healthier ageing.

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Don't miss our free webinar tomorrow - "Promoting healthy ageing: inclusive approaches to physical activity for older adults" - all are welcome! Register here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/category/upcom…… -

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📢New article from our team: 'Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study' The Lancet Healthy Longevity Read it in full here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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📢New blog from our team: 'Bridging the Digital Gap: Making Healthcare More Accessible for Older Minoritised Adults' Dr Nisar Ahmed Read it in full here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/03/20/bri…

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Join us for a webinar 23.4.25:12pm on addressing inactivity in later life with PhD candidates Danielle Harris & Lily Mott. Topics: • Interventions for older adults with lower socioeconomic status • Reducing sedentary time in older home workers. Register: bit.ly/4j5TGU7

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📢New paper from one of our PhD students Patience Kunonga (Tafadzwa) published in BMC Palliative Care BMC 'Ethnic inequalities in palliative care prescribing in high income countries'. You can read it here: bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

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📢New blog from Patience Kunonga (Tafadzwa) 'Unequal Care at the End of Life: What the Evidence Tells Us', talking about her work on ethnic inequalities in palliative care prescribing in high income countries. You can read it here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/05/07/une…

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New paper by one of our jointly funded PhD candidates with @DunhillMedical - Schenelle Dlima. 'Frailty indices based on routinely collected data: a scoping review'. You can read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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📢New blog from our team: "Who gets to age healthily? New research shows frailty-free years are not shared equally in England". You can read it here: hapru.nihr.ac.uk/2025/05/12/who… and find the related BMC publication here: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

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Team HAPRU were delighted to showcase their work, enjoy insightful presentations and engage with colleagues at the British Society of Gerontology 54th Annual Conference at the University of Surrey this week! #bsg2025

Team HAPRU were delighted to showcase their work, enjoy insightful presentations and engage with colleagues at the British Society of Gerontology 54th Annual Conference at the University of Surrey this week! #bsg2025
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Today our NIHR HAPRU Director @barbarahanratty.bsky.social contributed to the HSR UK Conference 2025 opening plenary panel, "The NHS Ten Year Plan: How might health services research respond?" #HSRUK2025

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‘How do we know if HSR impacts on policy?’ - a great workshop this morning led by @annetteboaz.bsky.social. The workshop was full of ideas of how to do things differently with fantastic engagement in the room! #HSRUK2025 @barbarahanratty.bsky.social

‘How do we know if HSR impacts on policy?’ - a great workshop this morning led by @annetteboaz.bsky.social. The workshop was full of ideas of how to do things differently with fantastic engagement in the room!
#HSRUK2025
@barbarahanratty.bsky.social