✨ Interested in #falls in long-term care facilities and how they relate to walking activity exposure? How do we balance supporting safety while also promoting independence and autonomy in movement? Check out our new paper 👇🏻 academic.oup.com/biomedgeront...

Interested in physical mobility and dementia? Are you a health and social care practitioner in the UK? Join our growing network to support research into improving mobility, independence and quality of life for people living with dementia ⬇️ forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Delighted to be in Auckland today to speak at and hear from some fantastic speakers at today’s symposium on mobility and ageing, presenting on work looking at the complex relationship between walking and falls in aged care. Big thanks to Prof Ngaire Kerse for the invite.

Excellent blog from @tashmisbah.bsky.social on perceptions of Parkinson’s in Africa, well worth reading! So pleased to be collaborating with Tash on work to uncover meaningfulness of mobility loss due to Parkinson’s in Africa to inform development of digital outcomes. from.ncl.ac.uk/witchcraft-a...

📣 Abstract submissions are open for Dementia Research Network Ireland's Early Career Researcher day on March 4 in Queen's University Belfast: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/dr... This is a fantastic opportunity for early career professionals to showcase their research. Travel bursaries available!

Delighted to see this in print! Well done @grotangen.bsky.social and team!

Come and do a PhD here in Newcastle. This will focus on assessing primary care pathways prior to receiving a diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia using mixed methods. 31st January deadline. More info here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKZ741/p... @newcastleuni.bsky.social @lewybodysociety.bsky.social

Dr Daniel Erskine @danielersk1ne.bsky.social at Newcatle University is recruiting for a PhD Student to work on understanding the 'Processes driving neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment in Lewy body dementia' as part of the Alz Soc LBD DTC. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-proc...

Dr Timothy Rittman at University of Cambridge is recruiting for a Research Associate to work on exploring #AI for the diagnosis and prognosis of #dementia. Closing date: 29th December www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

I’m presenting a webinar tomorrow for the Dutch Institute of Allied Health Care about: 👉Dementia & common mobility issues 👉Objective mobility measurement 👉Socioecological influences on mobility in dementia 👉How we can better support mobility in dementia. Link below! search.app/3YeYqu2PasZM...

📢 New paper 👇🏼 This research is about diversity, community engagement, & co-design in health & social care research, focusing on the importance of including individuals from all backgrounds in the research process. 1st of Dec is off to a good start 🥰 Link: bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...

Join our cohort of future #dementia research leaders. Opportunities @uclofficial.bsky.social . Click on the link!

Paper on our experiences researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

My colleague, Grace, is looking for experts in accelerometer measurements of #physicalactivity and #sleep to take part in an important Delphi study. forms.office.com/e/eFPzc5NHXM

As a grant reviewer, what do you really wish people would do/not do? Not big things, like find a significant question/innovative method/be consistent with aims Little things, like bold each acronym the first time it’s used. Add your pet peeves ⬇️ #HiddenCurriculum #Research

UK colleagues involved in caring for older people: Please complete our short NIHR Newcastle BRC survey which aims to describe current UK clinical practice around sarcopenia diagnosis and management; your responses will help us to improve research and practice in this crucial area. bit.ly/4heSey6

Excellent review of public and participant involvement #PPI in #digitalhealth - finding meaningful input on study and intervention design and acceptability. Needed: #inclusion of marginalized communities, and continuous partnership vs ad hoc work #digitalhealth pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39376020/

This starter pack is intended for researchers in all areas of gait and posture - just let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/UaoaLRZ

Hard at work on my upcoming webinar, looking at the characterisation and support of mobility impairments in #dementia… A little sneak peek! Sign up on this link ⬇️ www.npi.nl/cursussen-en...

Hey DigiCog folks (hey @jhassenstab.bsky.social is that a term or did I coin a phrase??): check out this starter pack Jason made for researchers using digital technology (not fingers) to assess cognition

Looking forward to running this webinar on 3rd December, looking at physical mobility issues in dementia, current challenges for mobility support in dementia and how we might address this through a socio-ecological approach. Link below if you’re interested! search.app/dsZi5p4Scovb...

Introducing the #Wearable Landscape: Issues pertaining to the validation of the measurement of 24-h physical activity, sedentary, and sleep behavior assessment. doi.org/10.1016/j.js... The 900+ validation studies are displayed on the accompanying website: wearable-landscape.info/living-review

I want to highlight my fantastic PhD student Megan Hanrahan’s recent work to identify gaps in use of public patient involvement in #digitalhealth research & recommendations to improve transparency & reporting. Co-produced & co-authored with a PPIE contributor. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🧠Sharing this Starter Pack again as the list has now reached 80 people! A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians. Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋 go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp

Another cool write up focused on our recently published guidelines regarding equitable study design and partnering with communities in dementia research. @sarahmwalter.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/psychia...

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movingmedicine.ac.uk/pacc/ Shout out for PACC & the amazing Moving Medicine website ⬆️ follow the link to get free evidence based training for teams of HCPs on benefits of PA for all & motivational interviewing to build confidence in having these talks with patients! #medsky #mondaymotivation

Want to do a PhD in health inequalities? The first 3 of our new Equalise Centre studentships are open for applications. Details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

I’m super proud to have been a part of this, setting up guidance and recommendations on how to include people with dementia and carers in the design, conduct, analysis and dissemination of research. Developed WITH contributors for researchers. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New press release today featuring our manuscript that sets forth recommendations to make dementia research more inclusive. I am so happy to get this work into the scientific register. I am so proud to serve as senior author. #GSA2024 #geronsky www.alz.org/news/2024/pu...

So this is nice, feels like the old days of the Other Place. I just need to find all my people again.