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How we deal with emotional experiences not only impacts the mind, but the body too, according to research carried out by BU’s Professor Roger Baker.

Research led by Professor Jane Murphy and Dr Joanne Holmes of the Ageing and Dementia Research Centre (ADRC) at BU has resulted in the development of a toolkit that’s helping to transform nutritional care for people with dementia. This has reached 3,046 known recipients to date.

The SAIL project aims to identify new and sustainable partnership opportunities between areas such as leisure, tourism and health to help ageing people be more active and remain independent for longer.

The National Centre for Cross Disciplinary Social Work (NCCDSW) (formerly the National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work) at BU has developed an exceptional reputation, delivering trusted education, research and consultancy with NHS Trusts, local authorities and other major employers in England, including the British Forces Social Work Service.

Discover how a BU project is helping disabled children tell their stories.

Bournemouth University has led the way in helping people with multiple sclerosis to manage their fatigue, the most common and debilitating of the disease’s symptoms.

The understanding of human anatomy is vital to the delivery of healthcare. Drawing on the computer animation and visualisation skills available at BU, the team are developing an online medical teaching platform to help improve medical education and training.

Investigating the efficacy of nurse-led, technology-supported models of care for patients requiring assessment, support and health education for skin cancer detection. 

Taking place across Europe, this project explores how to reduce unemployment and obesity at the same time through supporting people to make healthier lifestyle choices.

How a cycling and education programme is helping patients with hip osteoarthritis.

Researchers at Bournemouth University were commissioned by Health Education England (HEE) to develop the ‘Dementia Education And Learning Through Simulation 2’ (DEALTS2) programme. DEALTS2 is simulation-based dementia toolkit that’s being used nationally to support the delivery of dementia education across acute care.

Developing an intervention to support older adults using personalised health coaching and digital technology to manage symptoms of frailty and long-term health conditions.

Exploring how digital interventions can support successful reintegration into the workforce after a stroke. 

The Emotional Processing Scale for Wellbeing (EPS-W) taps into how people deal with changes and challenges in their working lives and provides guidance for improving wellbeing and building emotional resilience.

The National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice (NCPQSWPP) is working in partnership with government and trade bodies to raise awareness of the scale of the problem and to gain a greater understanding of the reasons why people are drawn into a scam. 

Project PDE-GIR, led by Bournemouth University, is developing partial differential equation (PDE) techniques to improve geometric modelling, image processing, and shape reconstruction (GIR). 

Funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the project aims to create dialogue and engage with minority ethnic communities around brain health and dementia.

Funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, the INSCCOPe project aims to improve the nutritional health of older people in the community, by supporting the implementation of a new procedure for screening and treatment of malnutrition.

BU’s combination of theoretical and practice-based research into health and social care education and practice gives the balance needed to deliver effective training programmes with wide-reaching impacts.

Discover how BU is working in partnership with Coda Music Centre and SEN schools to make music more accessible to all children.

A novel approach to investigating inequalities in nutrition and healthy ageing for older Black African adults in the UK. 

BU breastfeeding research has generated impacts for a wide range of beneficiaries at a local, national and international level.

Within today’s information societies, there are a number of ‘informational interests’ on the basis of which certain rights are claimed and wrongs denounced.

Providing a first-person perspective of what it feels like to have dementia in an unfamiliar hospital environment. 

ASPIRE is part of the Interreg VA Channel programme and will run from September 2019 to February 2023. The project has a total budget of over €10million and involves partners from the UK and France.

An inclusive community food model for the health, wellbeing and social connectedness of older people. 

Improving the retention rate of registered nursing staff through collaborative development and use of an evidence-based nurse retention model.

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are increasingly used for their muscle-building and aesthetic effects. But they can have a detrimental impact on physical and emotional wellbeing, and little is known about the experiences of their users.

Researchers at Bournemouth University have been undertaking a programme of research around self-management approaches for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to improve everyday quality of life.

Co-created by older people and academic researchers, this project will explore what it means to be an older person in a digital world.

Funded by Dementia Research UK, this project is working collaboratively with veterans with dementia to better understand their experiences and support needs. 

This project investigates care and support provided to people in their homes during the pandemic. It focuses on home care workers, carers and volunteers and the role they played in sustaining others and keeping them well at home. 

The 'Story 2 Remember' project is using drama and storytelling to create a training program to be used by health and social care professionals in care settings, with people with Alzheimer's disease.

A co-produced sustainable food-based intervention to improve nutritional health and ageing in older South Asian and Black African and Caribbean communities living in the UK 

The Active Ageing Evaluation is a collaborative research project between the Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU) and Active Dorset. Active Dorset is a local organisation responsible for creating the conditions for local people to choose an active lifestyle through participation in sport and physical activity.

The Centre for Applied Creative Technologies PLUS (CfACTs+) will transform the healthcare sector and training with digital technologies. 

Comparing different nutritional approaches for treating malnourished older adults in care homes. 

This study will consider the impact of greater fear and anxiety around pain (pain catastrophising) and how this affects the time when women are admitted to hospital in labour, their labour choices, and birth outcomes.

Dr Samuel Nyman's research into improving the wellbeing and health of those with dementia and their carers.

The TOMATO project will help develop an intervention to provide nutritional care for people living with dementia at home.

Funded by the reproductive and gynaecological health charity Wellbeing of Women, this study into the perineal practice undertaken by midwives at the time of birth collected information from across the four countries of the UK.

Exploring practical ways to support people who might find it difficult to access virtual or remote health services and who might be affected by wider inequalities.

Researchers are investigating the feasibility of using slow and deep breathing as an alternative treatment method for high blood pressure during pregnancy.