The Healthy Lifespan Institute is on a mission to prevent frailty & multimorbidity so that people live longer, healthier & more independent lives
University of Sheffield
Joined September 2019
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It's such an honor to have the Sexual Rights Charter for Older Adults selected as a case study for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Progress Report 🤩 1/
#AddingLifeToYears @UNDecadeAgeing
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“The UK has the opportunity to become a leading power in the field of ageing research, but it needs to act quickly and decisively. We hope UKAgeNet will become one single voice to raise the profile of this vital research area.” Prof Ilaria Bellantuono
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#UKAgeNet launches today under the leadership of Prof Alan Walker. Grateful to @LordBlunkett for hosting us at the @HouseofCommons.
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BSRA trustees on the House of Commons' Thames Pavilion at the launch of UKAgeNet - promoting the importance of ageing research and make representations to policy makers about the importance of the field.
Speakers included Rt. Hon. Lord Blunkett, @ShefHealthspan & @DunhillMedical.
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"Anything that makes you feel good" Watch how this fitness group keep fit together!
@LaraLewington explores the lifestyle changes that might help us live better for longer in #ITVTonight's How To Age Well: Your Lifestyle on ITV1 at 8:30pm
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Dr Gemma Arblaster from our @sheforthoptics team will be hosting a @ShefHealthspan 'Bites' lunchtime talk on 30 May, titled 'What happens to our vision as we age?'
Save the Zoom link for this fascinating talk at sites.google.com/sheffield.a…
@g_arblaster #Orthoptics #Vision
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Senescence is the process of getting older, and is associated with multiple ageing-associated diseases. Current methods are expensive and time consuming but our researchers have discovered a new model that offers a solution.
sheffield.ac.uk/healthy-life…
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The Pint of Science festival will see over 40 @ScienceShef scientists swapping their research out of the lab & into pubs, cafes and community halls near you, for a unique line up of talks, demonstrations and live experiments. 🍻🧪
Tickets on sale now! 👇
sheffield.ac.uk/news/pint-sc…
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We have another fully funded @EPSRC PhD scholarship with @ShefHealthspan
Identifying avoidable hospital attendances in older people via explainable machine
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Prospective PhD students 📢
We have a fully funded 3.5 year @ShefHealthspan multidisciplinary #PhDposition with myself & @JenRowson at @sheffielduni
Just perfect for a #psychology #sociology #design graduate
Deadline: 26th April
Please share/RT
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In case you didn’t know, today is #WorldParkinsonsDay. In a bid to gain a better understanding of the effect of ageing in Parkinson’s Disease development, researchers from @sheffielduni will join a new network funded by @MichaelJFoxOrg. (1/2)
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This #WorldHealthDay, we’re shining the spotlight on research from The Healthy Lifespan Institute. @ShefHealthspan explores both biological & social processes that cause ageing with the aim of improving health outcomes & bettering people’s quality of life. A #HealthForAll 🧵1/6
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Funded PhD scholarship to work on the cutting-edge of Machine Learning, Medicine and Social Science, at Healthy Lifespan Flagship Institute (@ShefHealthspan) and @InfoSchoolSheff at @sheffielduni, a world top-100 university
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We are looking for a Research Associate for our new @ShefHealthspan supported Knowledge Exchange project working with marginalised communities in Sheffield to understand health information literacy priorities sheffield.ac.uk/jobs post UOS036910 closing date 20th April
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Sexuality is a fundamental part of health & wellbeing & that does not stop because we get older
But it can be difficult to talk about
Here's our guide for healthcare professionals to have an open conversation with patients aged 50+ #SexRightsAge @MawsonRebecca @ShefHealthspan
Healthcare professionals are not immune from societal views and stereotypes about sex and ageing, which can make talking about sex uncomfortable.
This article provides a guide to having conversations with older patients about sexual wellbeing
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It's our anniversary 🎉
On 24th March 2022 we launched the Sexual Rights Charter for Older Adults
Since then we've been busy meeting people who are passionate about making a difference to the services they provide & the lives of older adults
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UK’s first ever Sexual Rights Charter launched to tackle aged based discrimination.
Developed in partnership by researchers at @SheffieldUni & @AgeFriendlyShef, the Charter aims to improve sexual health & wellbeing of older adults in the region & beyond. (1/2)
#agesexrights
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Anti-age discrimination policies are failing in the workplace. Our research highlights where change is needed
sheffield.ac.uk/news/anti-ag…
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I wrote an article for @ConversationUK about the youngest person known to be diagnosed with dementia at the age of 19. Just how common is early-onset dementia, and what are the main causes? theconversation.com/a-19-yea…
@neuroshef @ShefHealthspan @ShefUni_IICD
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'The Adult Social Care Crisis: Will it ever get fixed?'
As part of the @BBCRadio4 #youandyours series, an episode looking at the funding of adult social care, hearing from experts and those giving or receiving care, is available on the link below:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h41…
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We are very excited about these Arts and Health @ShefHealthspan events! sheffield.ac.uk/healthy-life… At the moment there's quite a lot of Arts and Humanities KE bubbling away that has a health and wellbeing focus so it will be very good to find out about what else is taking place