Driven by our entrepreneurial spirit bound by innovation, we constantly redefine how we practice medicine.
OUR RESEARCHERS
Our Researchers' Team
Basilica Santer
Gruppenleiterin
Prof Nikolaos Fokianos
Researcher
John
Researcher
Céline
Researcher
LATEST NEWS
April 27, 2022
_By Jennifer J. Severance, Lesca Hadley, Traci Butler Carroll, Jessica Hartos & Janice A. Knebl
_
ABSTRACT
Early learning experiences in quality improvement (QI) can prepare medical students for practice in complex health systems and can improve processes of care for various groups, including older adult patients with multiple chronic conditions. We applied the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms framework to a twelve-week geriatrics-focused QI project for third-year medical students training in rural medicine. Students.... (for more click the link below)_
28 August 2024
__Abstract
Objectives
Social contact may alleviate loneliness, but little is known about within-person daily fluctuations in loneliness and social encounters. Older adults who feel lonely may engage in different modes of social contact (in-person, phone, digital). This study asked how different forms of contact are associated with loneliness throughout the day.
Methods
Participants were 313 community-dwelling older adults (aged 65–90). They completed ecological momentary assessments reporting on their social encounters (e.g., type of social partner, mode of contact) and their loneliness every 3 hr for 5–6 days. We differentiated close social ties from ties not identified as close (i.e., weak ties).
Results
We examined within-person effects using multilevel models. Findings revealed that momentary loneliness predicted a greater likelihood of phone contact in the next 3 hr. However, only in-person contact was associated with lower levels of loneliness. Regarding close and weak ties, momentary loneliness was associated with more in-person and phone contact with close ties, yet fewer in-person contacts with weak ties. In-person contact with both close and weak ties predicted lower levels of loneliness.
Discussion
Although older adults engage in both in-person and phone contact when they feel lonely, it appears that only in-person contact may reduce loneliness. Digital contact was not widely adopted as a response to momentary loneliness among these older adults. Findings underscore older adults’ willingness to maintain regular contact with close ties. Interventions addressing older adults who are lonely may consider innovative approaches to increase in-person contact._
by 15th July 2024
___
Frailty, Illness, and Health in Deep Old Age:
Perspectives from Medical Sociology and Social Gerontology
CALL FOR PAPERS Frailty, Illness, and Health in Deep Old Age:
Perspectives from Medical Sociology and Social Gerontology
CALL FOR PAPERS
Frailty, Illness, and Health in Deep Old Age:Perspectives from Medical Sociology and Social Gerontology
We invite scholars at all career stages to submit abstracts for a one-day, in-person conference hosted by the Centre for Ageing and the Life Course to take place at the University of Liverpool on 11th December 2024.
This conference aims bring together researchers working in social gerontology and/or medical sociology to discuss concepts, methods and empirical research on the topic of ageing and frailty. We are particularly keen to engage with empirical and theoretical research in progress as well as the work of new and emerging global scholars.
Abstracts should be 150-300 words.
Abstracts should be 150-300 words.
Please send all abstracts, together with a brief bio to Paul Higgs (p.higgs@ucl.ac.uk) and Susan Pickard (susan.pickard@liverpool.ac.uk) by 15th July 2024.