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
Dear Stirling 1000 Elders, thank you so much to those of you who have signed up so far. We are now at 161 people, so please pass on the website details to your friends who might be interested so they can sign up too. NEWS! We are trying to get government funding to look at
If you would like to see the emerging results from our recent project on the impact of Covid19 social distancing on physical and social activity and loneliness, please head over to our other blog page http://kaps19.stir.ac.uk/ for the latest findings.
If you are over 60 and in good health, we invite you for direct involvement in research projects as participants and for participation in focus group discussions that help us to design our research studies. Led by Professor Anna Whittaker, the Stirling 1000 Elders group is an essential resource for the University’s Healthy Ageing Researchers. The
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