Ageing Studies Research Programme

CCG is a research and development centre based in Northumbria University, which aims to promote and support research for and with older people.

CCG has a commitment to reflect the experiences of service users and providers by exploring access to, delivery of and outcomes from the range of services and agencies which provide them.

CCG has a commitment to developing innovations in provision by beginning with the experience of service users, and the needs and preferences that they have, and planning and evaluating provision accordingly.

CCG has a commitment to the development of knowledge which is led by service users in their involvement with the development of thinking and practice through research and teaching.

The involvement of older people and service deliverers is achieved through:

• Inclusion in research proposals, planning, management, data collection and reporting
• Inclusion in seminar series as presenters and audience
• Inclusion in dissemination activities, report and paper writing
• Inclusion in education and studentship programmes as teachers, supervisors and students.

CCG has carried out studies on:

• Older people moving into and between care homes
• Life in care homes
• Older people using information
• Older people moving out of hospital
• Older people and urban regeneration
• Older people and preventative services (POPPS)
• Older people maintaining well-being in four different countries
• Older people living in rural environments.

These studies involve older people as co-researchers, project managers, data analysers and presenters, and have been carried out locally, nationally and internationally. Other projects have included the development of guidelines for care in care homes, as part of our membership of the National Care Homes R+D Forum, the development of guidelines for older peoples involvement in research, policy and planning, and leading the research strand of the Years Ahead initiative.

Members are also involved in publishing papers and editing journals and books.