The Research Institute for the Care of Older People

Recent papers from The Research Institute for the Care of Older People

1. Association between hypoglycaemic drug de-intensification, mortality and hospital admission in older adults with type 2 diabetes: a cohort study emulating a target trialAge and Ageing · 2025
2. Cognitive reserve and its impact on cognitive and functional abilities, physical activity and quality of life following a diagnosis of dementia: longitudinal findings from the Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) studyAge and Ageing · 2025
3. A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of air filtration to prevent symptomatic winter respiratory infections (including COVID-19) in care homes (AFRI-c) in England: Trial protocolPLoS ONE · 2024
4. Differences in trajectories of quality of life according to type of dementia: 6-year longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programmeBMC Medicine · 2024
5. Virtual wards for people with frailty: what works, for whom, how and why—a rapid realist reviewAge and Ageing · 2024
6. Health conditions in spousal caregivers of people with dementia and their relationships with stress, caregiving experiences, and social networks: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programmeBMC Geriatrics · 2024
7. New horizons in the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer’s Disease in older adultsAge and Ageing · 2024
8. Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programmeBMC Geriatrics · 2024
9. The Burden of Managing Medicines for Older People With Sensory Impairment: An Ethnographic-Informed StudySHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2024
10. Comorbid health conditions and their impact on social isolation, loneliness, quality of life, and well-being in people with dementia: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme2023
11. Promoting Activity, Independence, and Stability in Early Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trialBMJ · 2023
12. Health conditions in spousal caregivers of people with dementia and their relationships with stress, caregiving experiences, and social networks: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme2023
13. Exercise snacking to improve physical function in pre-frail older adult memory clinic patients: a 28-day pilot studyBMC Geriatrics · 2023
14. Centrally acting antihypertensives and alpha-blockers in people at risk of falls: therapeutic dilemmas—a clinical reviewEuropean Geriatric Medicine · 2023
15. Therapeutic dilemmas: cognitive enhancers and risk of falling in older adults—a clinical reviewEuropean Geriatric Medicine · 2023
16. Anticoagulant use in older persons at risk for falls: therapeutic dilemmas—a clinical reviewEuropean Geriatric Medicine · 2023
17. Assistive technologies and strategies to support the medication management of individuals with hearing and/or visual impairment: A scoping reviewDisability and health journal · 2023
18. “A disembodied voice over the telephone”: a qualitative study of healthcare practitioners’ experiences in geriatric medicineBMC Geriatrics · 2023
19. Rapid realist review of virtual wards for people with frailty2023
20. Exercise snacking to improve physical function in pre-frail older adult memory clinic patients: a 28-day pilot study2023