ACT® Research
Age Care Technologies® builds on a heritage of research since 1989 in over 50 countries, resulting in more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.
How does this help?
Built with years of research for maximum impact
Validity
ACT methods have been translated, adapted, and validated for use in more than 50 countries across the world, with high acceptability and reliability across systems, cultures, and resources.
Positive Impact
Use of ACT methods have been shown to deliver significant improvements in independence and wellbeing within three months, with modelling data suggesting an average gain of one extra quality life year in the longer-term.
Reduced Costs
Uptake of ACT methods in local systems reduces adverse health events such as falls and hospitalisations, with an average lifetime reduction in long-term care costs of about 50,000 USD. Global uptake by 100 million older people could generate 50 trillion USD savings for the global economy.
Population Insight
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De-identified data extracted to the ACT Global Research Database provides benchmarked information about the concerns, priorities, risks, quality of life and resource utilisation requirement of older populations.
WHO Guidance
A practical method to address the needs of older people living at home anywhere in the world while identifying those who need professional assessment under WHO guidance.
Characteristics of the needs of older people in Kazakhstan: a cross-sectional muliticentre study
Lyudmila Yermukhanova1, Kerbez Kimatova1, Aleksandra Suwalska2, Ian Philp3, Marzena Dworacka4, Perizat Aitmaganbet1, Saule Tazhbenova1, Maiya Taushanova5, Gulnara Kurmanalina6, Dorota Talarska7, Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis8 and Slawomir Tobis9*, pp 79-110
A randomized study of a multidisciplinary program to intervene on geriatric syndromes in vulnerable older people who live at home (Dutch EASYcare Study).
Melis, R. J., van Eijken, M. I., Teerenstra, S., van Achterberg, T., Parker, S. G., Borm, G. F., van de Lisdonk, E. H., Wensing, M., & Rikkert, M. G. (2008). The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 63(3), 283–290.
Portuguese older people’s self-perception of their (in)dependency : a cross sectional study.
Brandão, M., Sousa, L., Philp, I, and Cardoso, M. (2015) Journal of Aging and Innovation, 4 (1). pp. 3-17.
Reliability and validity of the EASYCare-2010 Standard to assess elderly people in Portuguese Primary Health Care.
Brandão, M. P., Martins, L., Philp, I., & Cardoso, M. F. (2017). Atencion primaria, 49(10), 576–585.
Validity of the EASYCare Standard 2010 assessment instrument for self-assessment of health, independence, and well-being of older people living at home in Poland.
Tobis, S., Jaracz, K., Talarska, D., Kropińska, S., Zasadzka, E., Pawlaczyk, M., Wieczorowska-Tobis, K., Philp, I., & Suwalska, A. (2017). Tobis, S., Jaracz, K., Talarska, D., Kropińska, S., Zasadzka, E., Pawlaczyk, M., Wieczorowska-Tobis, K., Philp, I., & Suwalska, A. (2017). European Journal of Ageing, 15(1), 101–108.
Assessment of Older People in Primary Care. In: Pachana, N.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology.
Moorey, H.C., Bradshaw, S.K., Philp, I. (2017). Encyclopedia of Geropsychology pp 304–309
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