PARS mini project summary of findings. Clackmannanshire Over 50’s PARS classes This report was compiled by A.C.Whittaker directly from the undergraduate student 4th year dissertation project reports from the students who worked on this study, thus we would like to acknowledge Ellie Sime, Katie Goulder, Kirsty Anderson, Isla Sibbald, Jason Wedlock and Aimee Fairburn, and
What we’ve been up to lately developing physical activity technology for older adults in the GOALD project: https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2024/april-2024-news/health-tech-trialled-by-older-people-in-stirlingshire/ click the link above to read the brief news story and see what we were doing
Our findings on digital physical activity for healthy ageing can now be viewed in this video:
We are pleased to share insights and outcomes from our pilot project exploring the impacts of a digital Physical Activity (PA) intervention (www.dancesingcare.uk) on the holistic wellbeing of older adults in care homes. Recognising the potent influence of PA on physical, psychological, and social health trajectories amidst the rising demand for care homes globally, our
The GOALD Research Festival was at the Stirling Court Hotel on the University of Stirling campus on October 6th. This enlightening event brought together participants, academics, and partners from the GOALD (Generating Older Active Lives Digitally) project, a pioneering initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of life for older individuals through digital technology. Check out
A team of us are currently running a project testing out a prototype of a digital app for taking pictures of meals (plates of food before and after eating), and reporting hunger, mood, and any symptoms. This is for potential use for identifying problem foods and/or malnutrition among older people in the care home setting
We aim to: 1) Establish a single nuclear transcriptomic atlas of sarcopenia from muscle biopsies from distinctly phenotyped individuals. and 2) Explore the influence of lifestyle factors on the composition and molecular phenotype of cells within muscle. You are being invited to take part in a research study that aims to improve our understanding of
Len De Nys, University of Stirling and Anna Catriona Whittaker, University of Stirling When you’re suffering from stress, it can affect almost every aspect of your life – even down to how well you sleep at night. While it’s normal to experience stress over things every now and again, if it continues to affect your
Is it feasible to use the digital music and movement resources of the danceSing Care company to improve wellbeing in the resident care home population? Executive Summary We wanted to find out if digital music and movement resources could be delivered in care homes. We rolled out a 12-week programme to 10 care homes and
check out our video about our latest published results and the research article: https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2021-0130