Resourcefulness in Later Life
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Study of Resourcefulness in Later Life (SoReLL)
IRAS ID
177131
Contact name
Rebecca Hawkins
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
There are estimated to be 85,000 older people currently living with frailty in the Yorkshire and Humber region, predicted to rise to around 132,000 by 2030. Older people who have frailty are especially vulnerable to sudden, major changes in health and function. The long term care for older people who have frailty has an impact on family and social relationships, and on demands for services to be provided according to their evolving and varied needs.
This qualitative Study of Resourcefulness in Later Life (SoReLL) is part of the wider National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Yorkshire and Humber (NIHR CLAHRC YH) theme: Primary care-based management of frailty in older people.
The study aims to better understand how resourcefulness manifests in later life, by examining the experiences and management of frailty in older people and their carers, and exploring how formal services can foster and complement resourcefulness.
The study comprises two phases. During the first phase, we will conduct interviews to understand how older people and their carers experience health, illness, ageing and frailty, how they manage their care needs, and how resourcefulness manifests and what promotes or erodes this over time.
For the second phase, drawing on principles of a partnership approach, we will work (through workshops) with older people, carers and professionals to explore how they can work together to support older people and their carers to maintain / improve their resourcefulness and wellbeing.
The CLAHRC programme is establishing the Yorkshire and Humber Community Ageing Research (CARE) study, which is a cohort of older people for observational research as well as a platform for optional participation in qualitative research and clinical trials. We will invite a sample of the participants of the CARE study to participate in the SoReLL study.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/YH/0328
Date of REC Opinion
13 Aug 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion