Nicola Carey & Tara Kidd
Nicola is a Reader and lead for the Long-Term Conditions and Ageing Cluster within the School of Health Sciences. Nicola is a qualified nurse who has worked in a variety of posts across the country in primary care as both a practice nurse and nurse practitioner. Her research interests include quality improvement, workforce development, non-medical prescribing and patient self-management.
Tara is a senior lecturer in health psychology at Liverpool John Moores University. Her research interests include psychobiology of health and disease, psychophysiology of coronary heart disease, and self-management in long term conditions.
She is a chartered psychologist and full member of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology, as well as a Registered Health Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Prior to joining Liverpool John Moores University in 2017, Tara worked at the University of Surrey, and University College London.
Tara is a senior lecturer in health psychology at Liverpool John Moores University. Her research interests include psychobiology of health and disease, psychophysiology of coronary heart disease, and self-management in long term conditions.
She is a chartered psychologist and full member of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology, as well as a Registered Health Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Prior to joining Liverpool John Moores University in 2017, Tara worked at the University of Surrey, and University College London.
What are the most effective interventions to improve physical performance in pre-frail and frail adults? It’s surprisingly hard to tell.
As populations age and become frail, evidence-based interventions to improve health outcomes are urgently needed. A newly published systematic review in BMC Geriatrics set out to identify interventions that were most effective in improving physical performance in older adults at increased risk of negative outcomes. In this blog post, the authors of the review discuss why this was harder than expected and what can be done to design better interventions.
Frailty: costs and prevention
There are increasing concerns regarding the pressure on UK and US healthcare systems associated with the rapidly increasing number of frail older adults. Frailty – identified by impaired mobility, loss of balance, muscle strength, and endurance – is associated with increased risk of hospital admission, increased duration of stay, and a need for home care. Unplanned hospital admissions, including of frail older adults, cost the NHS >£13 billion, and the US healthcare economy >$1.1 trillion per year.
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