C4AR Research

Current projects being undertaken by core members of C4AR include:

• EPOCH:
  The experiences and expectations of older people resident in care homes, their carers and professionals of end of life care and symptom relief needs: a prospective study (with the University of Hertfordshire). Contact: Dr. Katherine Froggatt k.froggatt@lancaster.ac.uk
• APPROACH:
  Analysis and Perspectives of integrated working in Primary care Organizations and Care Homes (with the University of Hertfordshire). Contact: Dr. Katherine Froggatt k.froggatt@lancaster.ac.uk
• EFORRT
  Remote care interventions: ethics, gender and governance of new technologies of elderly care at home (Comparative study with the UK, Netherlands, Norway and Spain) Contact Prof. Christine Milligan c.milligan@lancaster.ac.uk
• Peer Education for Older Adults regarding End of Life Discussions.
• NEUROSCREEN:
  development of biomarkers for dementia in old age (EU – FP6).
• NAD:
  development of nanoparticles for improved diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease (EU- FP7).
• MRC-funded longitudinal study on biomarkers for Parkinson's disease.
• Development of amyloid aggregation inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

Related postgraduate research projects include:

• Use of Out of Hours services by older people.
• Experiences of family carers of people with dementia dying in care homes
• The effect of different models of facilitation when implementing the Gold Standards Framework in Care Homes (GSFCH) a cluster randomised control trial.
• A prospective descriptive study to examine the incidence of end of life symptoms in care home residents.