AgeWell: Research into Wellbeing in Older Adults
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Abstract
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Publications
Phillips A
(2016)
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine
Phillips A
(2016)
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine
Phillips A
(2013)
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine
Phillips AC
(2015)
Negative life events and symptoms of depression and anxiety: stress causation and/or stress generation.
in Anxiety, stress, and coping
Phillips AC
(2011)
Prospective associations between cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and change in physical disability in a large community sample.
in International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
Phillips AC
(2011)
Lymphocyte cell counts in middle age are positively associated with subsequent all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
in QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
Phillips AC
(2015)
Raised levels of immunoglobulin G, A and M are associated with an increased risk of total and cause-specific mortality: the Vietnam Experience Study.
in Journal of epidemiology and community health
Phillips AC
(2013)
Do symptoms of depression predict telomere length? Evidence from the west of Scotland twenty-07 study.
in Psychosomatic medicine
Phillips AC
(2011)
Generalised anxiety disorder doubles risk of cardiovascular events in people with stable coronary heart disease.
in Evidence-based mental health
| Description | Older adults are interested in hearing about research relevant to them and can be trained to interpret and be critical about research. They also provide very valuable input to projects from the participant point of view. Events such as AgeWell that this grant spear-headed are a vital part of public engagement. |
| Exploitation Route | We now annually run AgeWell workshops for older adults and would recommend any Ageing research centre to make this valuable connection with their research participants. |
| Sectors | Healthcare |
| Description | • The conference in particular provided an opportunity for older adults, and end user organisations to become more actively engaged with research findings, and to disseminate new and ongoing research into ageing. It also provided networking opportunities for researchers and research end users to set up longer lasting links for participant involvement in future research design and practice. • Feedback from the conference from elders showed that it was successful in meeting these goals, and some of the feedback was written into the newsletter. • Further, a final session of the conference with feedback from the researchers showed that they had found the two-way discussion session very useful in terms of user input to their research, and some went on to change their research protocols for current and future studies on this basis. • The newsletter provided written feedback and details of relevant research for those unable to attend the conference due to health/disability or transport/location difficulties, thus widening the impact of the conference and of ageing research findings. • The video was placed on the AgeWell website and provides another feedback opportunity. • We are continuing to use the newsletters and video to disseminate the research presented at the conference. • Following the overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees we have secured funding for AgeWell days annually from 2011 to cover more research relevant to elders and allow for more two-way communication between researchers and participants. AgeWell days continue to be run annually, and have been used to build further the Birmingham 1000 elders network of older adults interested in research. In additional we utilise this network for PPI in future grant applications and ongoing projects including recruiting steering committee members. We also run similar public engagement events several times annually and across Europe. We now also use AgeWell and similar events spawned from this original grant as an opportunity to give students training and experience in promoting health messages to older adults, and general public engagement techniques. The AgeWell original video is used as a teaching aid to show postgraduate students how public engagement and two-way interaction can work. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Education,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | AgeWell annual research days |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Department | Medawar Centre for Healthy Ageing Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 10/2013 |
| Description | AgeWell annual research days continued |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Versus Arthritis |
| Department | Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | Dunhill Medical Trust Research Grants |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Dunhill Medical Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | European Commission FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network |
| Amount | € 3,000,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2010 |
| End | 12/2014 |
| Description | Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Multi-site International Training Network |
| Amount | € 2,873,941 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | [675003] |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Public Involvement Fund for patient participant involvement in planned NIHR funded clinical trial |
| Amount | £350 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Research Design Service, West Midlands |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | AgeUK |
| Organisation | Age UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Ageing research dissemination and contribution to newsletters and events |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice on dissemination; partner in EC Horizon 2020 Marie-Curie Training Network; Training in writing policy based on research into ageing. |
| Impact | 2018 External PANINI Public Engagement Event for older adults, Feb 2018, University of Birmingham |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Birmingham 1000 Elders |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Department | Birmingham 1000 Elders Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We linked with Birmingham 1000 Elders to arrange the Research day. The event also recruited to the Elders group and provided a lot of research information to the group and the opportunity to shape research questions and methods. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We linked with Birmingham 1000 Elders to arrange the Research day that this grant funded and this group provided many of those who attended and gave input and have attended annually since. The event also recruited to the Elders group so provided future research participants to all of our projects which is difficult to put a price on. |
| Impact | ongoing participants in research projects and ongoing AgeWell days funded elsewhere. This collaboration is with a Patient Participant Involvement group. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | European Commission Joint Research Centre |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Link to University of Birmingham and relevant research |
| Collaborator Contribution | COntribution to Horizon 2020 training network |
| Impact | Planning of training event |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | UNIE KBO Netherlands |
| Organisation | Union Catholic Association of Older People |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Dissemination of relevant research findings and contributions to newletters |
| Collaborator Contribution | Advice on research into policy writing; partner on H2020 training network |
| Impact | Training network event planning |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | 60 seconds with Dr Anna Phillips |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A short podcast on my research including research into ageing Increased requests for me to speak at public engagement events and to get involved in joint funding applications within and outside of my own university |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV6H7EkhaUU&list=PL92872AC1725C887A&index=10&feature=plpp_video |
| Description | AgeWell newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | AgeWell newsletter about research relevant to older adults, which sparked requests to be members of the Birmingham 1000 elders Increased requests to have annual AgeWell events for research participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.medicine.bham.ac.uk/healthy-ageing/documents/agewell-newsletter-feb11.pdf |
| Description | AgeWell video |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | A video of the first AgeWell day was made and advertised in the AgeWell newsletter as well as being posted online Increased requests for additional AgeWell days and to take part in research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MweQNZoZcXY |
| Description | British Science Festival presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Not enough exercise, too much stress: the curse of modern living. Speaker and co-organiser at Interactive display and seminar session at the British Science Festival, Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Exercising our brains, cells and muscles to fight the ageing process. http://pintofscience.co.uk/event/healthy-ageing/ Speaker and organizer at Pint of Science, Birmingham, May 2015. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pint of Science public engagement interactive seminar in the pub: Speaker and organizer. Intention to broaden public awareness of the benefits of exercise for different aspects of health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Hip fracture and depression in older adults. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Hip fracture and depression in older adults. Talk at Public engagement conference about balance and falls aimed at older adults, University of Birmingham, June 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2016/Control-of-Movement-and-Active-Ageing-O... |
| Description | How can Christmas make you ill? Invited talk at Café Scientifique Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 50 members of the public attended an informal talk and engaged in questions and discussion about stress, immunity, ways to improve immunity, effects of ageing on immunity. Increased readership of written publications in this area and related lay summaries published online as well as increased interest in research being conducted at University of Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | How stress affects your health. Speaker at Headway, Birmingham - Action on Brain Injury week, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | How stress affects your health. Speaker at Headway, Action on Brain Injury week, Birmingham, May 2015. Talk to individuals who have experienced brain injury about stress and its impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | How to live longer - the experts' guide to ageing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article on How to live longer - the experts' guide to ageing in the Observer http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/08/how-to-live-longer-experts-guide-ageing An interview with the media generating a large newspaper article in the Observer, giving general public engagement to the general population about ageing and its impact on health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/08/how-to-live-longer-experts-guide-ageing |
| Description | Interactive display and seminar session at the British Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | over 100 adults attended this session which sparked interest and discussion on the effects of stress and exercise on health increased media interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Interview and filming for BBC West Midlands on the KARE project, March 2019. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview and filming for BBC West Midlands on the KARE project - strength training for older people in care homes, March 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgeTayq5Xg&list=PLw64XfsUffpD1g0O2GuxrfCHG2f_7F-Dp&index=11&t=30s |
| Description | Lengthening healthy life: the PANINI project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Whittaker, A.C. (2017). Lengthening healthy life: the PANINI project. Science Impact, October 2017, 60-62. Article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Levels of antibodies in saliva are associated with risk of mortality. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Levels of antibodies in saliva are associated with risk of mortality. Media engagement, e.g., the Times, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Science Daily etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151223221330.htm |
| Description | Loneliness and isolation, can it affect your immunity? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Loneliness and isolation, can it affect your immunity? Speaker at Dudley Age Alliance - Public engagement for older adults and practitioner, charities and health care providers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Loneliness and isolation, can it affect your immunity? Speaker at Dudley Age Alliance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Loneliness and isolation, can it affect your immunity? Speaker at Dudley Age Alliance - Public engagement for older adults. Invited by a member of the Birmingham 1000 elders cohort which was revamped at the original AgeWell meeting funded by this grant. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Morning vaccination is better for older adults. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Morning vaccination is better for older adults. Radio and TV Interviews for Naked Scientist and BBC World News, plus lots of other media nationally and globally e.g. the Guardian, NY Times, BBC Health, the Telegraph, Reuters, Huffington Post, Radio WM, O Globo, Times of India |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2016/04/vaccinations-more-effective-in-the-morning.aspx |
| Description | Openaccessgovernment article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Whittaker, A.C. (2018). Physical Activity and Nutrition Influences In ageing: PANINI. Openaccessgovernment.org online magazine for policy makers, February 2018, p46-47. Article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=100e4... |
| Description | PANINI Public Engagement Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | PANINI Public Engagement Event for older adults, Feb 2018, University of Birmingham. Interactive demos at public engagement event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | PANINI Public Engagement Event for older adults assessing the relationship between healthy ageing guidelines knowledge with frailty and physical function, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Event measuring knowledge and then testing its association with physical performance in older adults, Vriije University, Amsterdam |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Public Health England's 'Every mind matters' mental health campaign and 'One you' website package |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Expert on Stress in public health England mental health campaign online information and resources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-mind/stress/ |
| Description | Speaker at Bright Club - Public engagement with Science event. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Speaker at Bright Club - Public engagement with Science event. Comedy presentation of science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK2BNCguX8w |
| Description | Stirling 1000 Elders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Set up of Stirling 1000 Elders a group of older people interested in engaging in healthy ageing research. Recruited through ongoing projects and website blog page. When able to get funding, will run face to face engagement events. Recruited several to ongoing advisory groups for research and as participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | http://www.1000elders.stir.ac.uk |
| Description | Stress and healthy ageing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pint of Science public engagement talk, Island Bar, Birmingham, May 2018, >40 audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Stress and healthy ageing. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stress and healthy ageing. Invited talk for the Laughter Yoga Association, October, Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Stress, caregiving and healthy ageing, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Psychologists in the Pub public engagement talk, Bath |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The importance of good relationships for staying healthy. The Conversation, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The importance of good relationships for staying healthy. The Conversation, http://theconversation.com/good-relationships-keep-you-healthier-for-longer-26549 Article based around research on psychological factors and health in older age as a general public engagement with science article in a public engagement forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://theconversation.com/good-relationships-keep-you-healthier-for-longer-26549 |
| Description | Will exercising while seated improve the health of frail older adults? Professional Comment, The Carer, April 2019, RBC Publishing Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Will exercising while seated improve the health of frail older adults? Professional Comment, The Carer, April 2019, RBC Publishing Ltd |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://thecareruk.com/will-exercising-while-seated-improve-the-health-of-frail-older-adults/ |