Research interests
Research into:
- Patterns of health service use in older people
- Avoidable admissions in older people
- Influence of frailty on health service use
- Monitoring and predicting admission risk in older people
- Development and evaluation of admission avoidance interventions
Studentships
2015-2018 Walsh, B. HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme Masters in Clinical Research Studentship Scheme Awarded 10 studentships per year by HEE/NIHR.
The aim of the studentships is to build clinical research capacity in nursing, allied health and health scientist professions. These studentships form part of the Integrated Clinical Academic Programme.
Funded studentships
Sarah Mercer (Clinical Academic)
Weiqi Liao (ESRC DTC)
Other research projects:
The dynamics of frailty in older people: modelling impact on health care demand and outcomes to inform service planning and commissioning
Treatment burden and capacity among people with multimorbidity – a follow up survey
Research group
Health Needs
Research theme
Ageing and Dementia
Research project(s)
Exploring the effects of dizziness in older people and use of exercise-based rehabilitation therapy
Exploratory study to increase the understanding of the precipitating factors leading to admission in the older patient
Exploring ways of reducing preventable emergency admissions amongst older people
Many emergency admissions are known to be for alleviation of signs, symptoms and functional disorders (known as ill-defined conditions) rather than a definitive medical problem, and may therefore be avoidable.
Project to investigate decreasing numbers of acute beds available due to inappropriate admissions
Dr Bronagh WalshUniversity of Southampton, Health Science, Building 67, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
Room Number : 67/3035