The University of Sheffield
Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing

Research fields

    Each field's title links through to further details about the subject and the projects.

    1. End of Life Care

    Lead Academic: Dr Jane Seymour

    Summary: Palliative care, hospice care, hospice services, developing nurse education for end of life care.

    2. Geriatric Assessment

    Lead academic: Professor Ian Philp

    Summary: Assessing the needs of older people and their family carers; multidimensional assessment tools; detection and management of depression in primary care.
    • Current projects:
    • NHS Care of Older People: the evidence base
    • EASYcare
    • Standard Care

    3. Gerontological Nurse Education

    Lead academic: Professor Mike Nolan

    4. Health Services Research and Intermediate Care

    Lead academic: Professor Stuart Parker

    Summary: Health status assessment in older patients, long term care, rehabilitation and continuing care, care for acute illness in older.
    • Current projects
    • A Systematic Review of discharge arrangements for the elderly
    • A Randomised Control Trial of Day Hospital Rehabilitation Compared to Rehabilitation at Home

    5. Homeless People and Homeless Services

    Lead academic: Dr Maureen Crane

    Summary: Identifying the problems and needs of older homeless people; efficacy of services for older homeless people.
    • Current projects:
    • Services for Older Homeless People

    6. New Technologies for Old Age

    Lead academics: Tony Warnes, Mark Hawley and Mike Nolan

    Summary: Assistive and telecare technologies for delivering treatment, care, support, reassurance, information and 'quality of life' enhancement to vulnerable older people.

    7. Nutritional Studies

    Summary: Nutritional aspects of ageing and age related diseases.
    • Current projects:
    • Energy, protein and Micronutrients in the elderly

    8. Population Studies and Environmental Factors Affecting Quality of Life

    Lead academic: Professor Tony Warnes

    Summary: Demography of Ageing, morbidity and mortality in old age; inequalities in access to health and social services.
    • Current research projects:
    • The World Cities Project
    • Expatriate Older People in Europe

    9. Frailty and Well-Being

    Lead academic: Dr Kevin McKee

    Summary: Psychosocial influences and consequences of frailty; interventions to improve well-being in frail older people and their carers.
    • Current projects:
    • EUROFAMCARE
    • Design for Dementia

    10. Sexual Health of Older People

    Lead academic: Dr Merryn Gott

    Summary: STI-related risk behaviours of older people.