CRED Talk: Improving quality of life for those receiving homecare

Please click here to register for the event, which will take place via a Microsoft Teams Webinar.

This webinar will cover research into how to support older adults’ food and drink-related quality of life, and how Dementia Champions can be implemented in a homecare setting.

Chaired by: Michelle Tennant, Clinical Governance Lead, Home Instead

We will be hearing from:

Dr Stacey Rand, Senior Research Fellow in Adult Social Care, PSSRU, University of Kent

The role of homecare in supporting older adults’ food and drink-related quality of life: In the UK there are around 1.3 million undernourished older adults. There are various reasons why some older people are at higher risk of undernourishment than others – for example, social isolation, health issues, limited mobility or cognitive impairment, accessibility of shops and food outlets, transport and limited household income. Most of the research about older people’s food and drink-related needs focuses on residential or…