Living with Stroke
16 June 2005
Living with Stroke
A workshop organised by Sheffield Hallam University in conjunction with the EPSRC and BBSRC supported SPARC Network for Extending the Quality of Life of Older People.
Hosted by: Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University
Sponsored by: Sheffield Hallam University and SPARC
Event organisers:
Dr Gail Mountain, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University
Ms Verity Smith, SPARC Co-ordinator
Date: 16 June 2005
Venue:
Sheffield Hallam University
Health and Wellbeing Building
Broomhall Road
Sheffield
S10 2BP
United Kingdom
This is a special workshop, the fourth in a series to be organised in by SPARC, to promote the value of scientific ageing-related research and opportunities for further research. The workshop has been designed to provide a broad representation of recent advances in approaches to improving medicines of older people. Whilst improving the quality of life of older people is vitally important to the individual olkder person, their families, the economy and society as a whole, ageing-related research is still not a priority area. As a consequence the research community is currently very small.
SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity) is a new initiative funded by EPSRC and BBSRC which has been established to extend the previous remit of the EQUAL Network. SPARC is designed specifically to provide a platform, publicity and policy representation for existing researchers and to encourage newcomers into ageing research. A key aspect of its activities is working in partnership with the users of research - older people and those organisations which represent the interests of older people and which provide older people and their carers with services, advice and other support. As well as organising workshops over the next three years SPARC will provide up to 30 pump-priming awards to newcomers to ageing research in the fields of design, engineering and biology.
The workshop will be of interest to a wide range of practitioners and policy makers, health and social care practitioners, industry, charitable and government bodies concerned with the needs of older people, as well as researchers and academics from engineering, biological, social science, medical and health care disciplines. Older people are especially welcome.
There is no charge for attendance just an enthusiasm and interest in extending the quality of life of older people through informed user-focused research and its application.
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