Care Home Research Forum 2026

5th November 2026 • 9am - 5pm
Hammerson House, Wohl Campus, 50A The Bishops Avenue, London, N2 0BE
In-person and Online

 

Join Nightingale Hammerson, leading experts in residential, nursing, dementia and palliative care, as we explore the future of care and the importance of research in care homes.


Topics to be covered:

  • ‘What would Maggie do?’: Lived experience of resident life in a care home
  • Keeping social care human and ethical in the age of AI
  • Empowering better end of life dementia care for people living in care homes
  • Reflections from a research residency at Nightingale House: Collaborative working with care home staff and residents
  • Rethinking care home environments through neuroarchitecture
  • Learning from intergenerational interactions to enhance communication with people with dementia
  • Towards a more holistic understanding of the impact of infections in care homes: A multiperspective study
  • Improving hearing care for people with dementia (with Dr Cross)
  • Improving hearing care for people with dementia (with Dr Millman)
  • From policy to practice: How prepared are care homes in England for heatwaves?
  • Economic and policy aspects of the care, treatment and support of people with dementia, and long-term care financing
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If we don’t have serious research into social care and its benefits and best practice, we won’t be able to provide the very best. But, even more importantly, we won’t be able to argue for the resources to provide world class social care, as we will surely need to in the near future.
Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger DBE

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