CRNME Current Activity
The Centre team collaborate on a number of research projects across the Division.
A selection of our Centre based current projects are listed below:
Children Of Parents with Enduring mental illness (COPE)
Collaboration between:
Anki Odelius (Surrey), Helen Cowie (Surrey), Jo Moran-Ellis (Surrey), Helen Allan (University of York) & Dr Brenda Gladstone, Research Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children and Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Professor Malmo Hogskola, Halsa och samhalle, 205 06 Malmo, Sweden and Professor Gillian Bendelow, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, Friston, 256, University of Sussex,
Funded by the SHI Foundation Research Grant Development Award
Timescale: 1st March 2013 to 31st July 2013
Funding: 5, 000 GBP
For further information contact Dr Anki Odelius (01483 68 4622)
Can Ballet help us age better? (Interdisciplinary Mini Sabbatical)
1st February 2013 - 14 June 2013
Collaborators: Khim Horton (Health and Social Care), Jennifer Jackson (Arts), Aliah Shaheen (Mechanical Engineering Sciences)
There is a recent move towards the employment of dance techniques to improve the interaction of older people with their environments and reduce risks of injury. Ballet is believed to improve spatial awareness, posture, movement coordination and proprioception; and could be used to inform rehabilitation of older people. However, it is not yet known whether the skills gained from ballet training translate when performing functional activities of daily living, and the effects of ageing on movement and stability parameters are also not well understood. The study aims to understand the effect of ballet dance and ageing on movement and stability.
A collaborative research project to understand how (poor) communication by nurses and midwives contributes to complaints and to explore the role of clinical leadership in promoting effective communication for nurses and midwives in responding to informal complaints (RESPONSE)
AFRESh: A study on FosteRing Empathy between Students and older people - a practical approach.
Collaboration between Ann Emery (Age UK West Sussex) and Khim Horton and Anne Arber (University of Surrey)
The aim of this project, led by older people is to explore how empathy and understanding between student nurses and older people can be developed through a collaboration involving the creation of a radio play. Final project report: available here
Nursing Standard article by student participant Owen Davies - Sound Approach to Empathy
We aim to bring together student nurses and other members of our Older People’s Forum to challenge perceptions of both groups towards each other and to foster positive attitudes of student nurses which in turn could change attitude and practice towards older people in the care setting.
View on-line comment from Sue Venn on the British Society of Gerontology website.
A comparison of living conditions and health status of older people aged 80 and over and the roles and relationships with the family (UK and Brazilian perspectives)
Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte (University of Sao Paulo) and Khim Hortom (Surrey)
Funder: FAPESP
An Action reSearch on SUpeRvision of Disserations (ASSUREeD)
Khim Horton (PI) (with Prof Helen Allan, Alison Rhodes and Sharon Markless)
A project supported by FHMS, University of Surrey
To receive further project information please contact Dr Jill Shawe, Director of CRNME.
