Tuesday 8 October 2013

RESEARCH STUDY: Establishing Supportive Care needs for frail elders and developing an intervention to address these in older adult acute medical settings



If you are an older person in receipt of care or a carer of an older person who has been in hospital your views are important in this new research.

Caroline is inviting both older people who have been in hospital and are reliant on some help from others to keep house and care for themselves - (called living with frailty by some), and those who help in that care  to be part of a postal questionnaire.  

This questionnaire, over up to three rounds to a group of people with interest and experience in the care of older people, will help determine what are the important considerations in providing supportive care for older people while in hospitals. Supportive care is concerned with comfort and includes emotional, social and spiritual needs as well as physical needs.

If you would be interested in taking part, please contact

DR Caroline Nicholson, NIHR  Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
on 0207 848 3610 or email caroline.nicholson@kcl.ac.uk  

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