Vivaldi Social Care – Reducing Infections and Improving Lives – Funding Announcement
Vivaldi Social Care – Reducing Infections and Improving Lives – Funding Announcement
We are delighted to announce that after eighteen months of co-production, VIVALDI Social Care has gained ethical and governance approvals and secured funding from UKHSA to support the pilot.
Click here for UKHSA Press Release.
VIVALDI Social Care is a dynamic research project led by social care, for social care. VIVALDI’s mission is to improve the quality of life for people living, visiting, and working in care homes while reducing the risk of infections and avoiding hospital admissions. We endeavour to achieve this by utilising existing data, with minimal input required from care home providers.
Currently, over 800 care homes are onboarded, and it has received support from key sector stakeholders, including Professor Deborah Sturdy CBE from DHSC, Professor Ruth Endacott from NIHR and Care Rights UK.
VIVALDI was initially set up as a response to COVID, where UCL researchers worked with care providers and the Government to rapidly set up a study to find out how many residents and staff had been infected with COVID, and to learn how to protect staff and residents from infection, stop COVID spread, and save lives. VIVALDI Social Care can now continue to deliver positive outcomes for people in social care.
If you are a provider wanting to get involved in this exciting project, please Click here to register your interest or email info@vivaldisocialcare.co.uk
Please see below for quotes from leading organisations:
Professor Deborah Sturdy CBE, Chief Nurse Adult Social Care
The pandemic proved, beyond doubt, the need to capture data on the effectiveness of preventing or containing infection outbreaks in care settings whilst also maintaining the highest standards of care across the piece.
Collecting and analysing this information not only enhances best practice but supports improved quality of life for residents and care colleagues.
Vivaldi’s work in this area has been invaluable. Now, with the launch of this pilot involving 500 care homes, we’ll be able to gather even more comprehensive data to inform our learning, practice and the improvement of care.
Professor Ruth Endacott, Director of Nursing and Midwifery
It's fantastic to see this important study receiving investment for the next stage of work.
Alongside the impact for those living and working in residential care, it will also provide opportunities for staff to experience the benefits of being involved in research and generating evidence for practice.
Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive
The funding that Vivaldi Social Care has received is a recognition of the necessary work the project is looking to conduct.
It will enable residents, families, care workers, providers, and wider stakeholders to work together and develop our understanding of how to reduce the impact of infections and outbreaks in care homes.
Research in our sector is vital to help influence government policy and deliver improved outcomes for people who live in, work in, and visit social care.
Vivaldi Social Care brings the sector together to improve learning and lays a strong foundation for other studies to shape social care through research going forward.