Meet our incredible line-up of guest speakers for this year’s Care Home Research Forum. Join us for an enlightening day of insights, knowledge and networking. To learn more about the conference and to secure your tickets, visit: buff.ly/3r411NZ #CHRF #conference #care

And the SONNET Study is the solution to better research!! Analysis of current social connection measures show limitations so developing a new one - prioritises social engagement & connectedness & the resident view - and testing it in care homes in UK & Canada.

DACHA's plain English summary for our recently published paper "Data collection in care homes for older adults: A national survey in England" is out: dachastudy.com/wp-content/upl… The original paper by Hanratty et al. can be viewed at: journal.ilpnetwork.org/articles/10.31…

We have had great help from ENRICH and the linked care homes to help us to hear the experience of care residents, families and staff for SONNET - thank you all!

We are excited to share that the protocol for our systematic review of social connection measures for long-term care home residents has been published online, you can read it here: doi.org/10.1186/s13643…

Exciting to share at #OAPsych2024 our SONNET study preliminary results on what helps people living in care homes to be more socially connected with others. Work led by Hannah Chapman @uclpsych

Our qualitative study from UK care homes shows how activities in care homes can be optimised to improve social connection for residents UCL Psychiatry Andrew Sommerlad KITE Research Institute ENCOARteam tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New findings from SONNET Study on care home activities and how these can be used to build social connection between care home residents. Great work from Michal Misiak as part of UCL Mental Health Sciences MScs

Come and see our poster on development of a new valid and reliable measure of social connection for care home residents at #AAIC24 and on the online platform!