Faith Howard
Academic and research departments
Long-term Conditions and Ageing Research Cluster, School of Health Sciences, Living and dying well research.About
My research project
PRO-FRAIL: The feasibility of Patient Reported Outcome Measures/Patient Reported Experience Measures to assist services to meet the priorities of older people with advancing frailty: A mixed methods, multi-phased project.At present, there is limited understanding of the utility of PROMs and PREMs currently used to measure the needs of those with frailty, and their caregivers toward the end of life and whether the tools in use measure the expressed needs of this group.
This doctorate project has been developed to evaluate the fit of existing PROMs used to capture the needs of older adults with advancing frailty and to build consensus with experts (professionals, those living with frailty, and caregivers) on the feasibility and acceptability of adapting a PROM/PREM to suit the needs of this group.
Supervisors
At present, there is limited understanding of the utility of PROMs and PREMs currently used to measure the needs of those with frailty, and their caregivers toward the end of life and whether the tools in use measure the expressed needs of this group.
This doctorate project has been developed to evaluate the fit of existing PROMs used to capture the needs of older adults with advancing frailty and to build consensus with experts (professionals, those living with frailty, and caregivers) on the feasibility and acceptability of adapting a PROM/PREM to suit the needs of this group.
Faith joined the University of Surrey in October 2021 as a postgraduate researcher. Her Ph.D. work will focus on those with frailty in end-of-life care. Working closely with the PALLUP study led by Prof Caroline Nicolson, Faith’s work will focus on the feasibility and acceptability of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for this patient group.
Faith has a background in nursing working in Oncology and community settings. More recently she has worked as a volunteer researcher at the Hospice in the Weald. Her current interests include community health, improving the quality of life for older adults, and developments in person-centered care.
Publications
Additional publications
Beetham, B., Fasola, C. and Howard, F., 2022. Preferred Place of Death Discussions: Are They Informing and Empowering Patients and their Family Caregivers? OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, p.00302228221115587.
Howard F, Steggall M. Urinary incontinence in women: quality of life and help-seeking. British journal of nursing. 2010 Jun 24;19(12):742-9