Here are some examples of training and events from the last couple of years:
International Webinar – 2018
On 24th January 2018 we hosted a webinar for people interested in learning about recent international developments in the ASCOT instruments. The speakers, international academics with expertise in social care, talked about use of the ASCOT measure in their research. The first speaker, Lyn Phillipson (Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia), presented preliminary results from a project aiming to test the ASCOT Easy Read version with older people with cognitive impairment living in the community. Ismo Linnosmaa (Centre for Health and Social Economics, National Institute for Health and Welfare THL, Finland), talked about applications of ASCOT in Finland and about experiences of using ASCOT in the EXCELC project (Exploring Comparative Effectiveness and Efficiency in Long-Term Care), a large cross-national project . Finally, the last presentation by Birgit Trukeschitz of the Research Institute for Economics of Ageing (WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria) focused on the use of ASCOT in Austria and on the translation of ASCOT into German for the EXCELC project.
Click here to watch the webinar on youtube. You can also download the presentation slides below:
Introduction to ASCOT. Ann-Marie Towers – Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Testing an Easy Read Version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit to assess quality of life in community dwelling older people with cognitive impairment. Lyn Phillipson – Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia
ASCOT in Finland: Applications and experiences. Ismo Linnosmaa – Centre for Health and Social Economics, National Institute for Health and Welfare THL, Finland
ASCOT for Service Users and Carers – Experiences from Austria. Birgit Trukeschitz – Research Institute for Economics of Aging, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
2016
The 2 following ASCOT training events took place in Australia in association with the Arts Health Institute.
- One day “Introduction to ASCOT”
Thursday 27 October 2016
Macquarie University, North Ryde Sydney.
The aim of this one-day interactive course was to provide people who are interested in using ASCOT with an understanding of both the conceptual basis of the measure and the different ways ASCOT can be used in research and evaluation.
- Two day “Specific ASCOT mixed methods (CH3) for residential aged care”
31 October to 1 November
Macquarie University, North Ryde Sydney.
This was a two-day course, with practical sessions, which aimed to equip people with the skills and confidence necessary to use the ASCOT CH3 tool in residential aged care facilities
There were two ASCOT events at the 4th International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-term Care held at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, from 4 to 7 September 2016.
- Evening drinks reception on 5th September 2016
- ASCOT symposium on 6th September 2016
- Using the mixed methods care home version of ASCOT (CH3) – 9 and 10 May 2016
Introduction to ASCOT – 19 April 2016
2015
Introduction to ASCOT: 31 March 2015
Using the mixed methods care home version of ASCOT (CH3): 8-9 June 2015
ASCOT Webinars