The ACORN Study @AcornStudy
@mairecurieuk funded research project exploring caregivers experiences of conservatively managed end-stage kidney disease. Based at @QUBSONM acornresearch.org Joined April 2021-
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Celebrating the end of the @AcornStudy. Thanks to all involved & Happy Christmas!! 🎄@mariecurieuk @NIKRFcharity @QUBSONM Publication on its way!
We are delighted that our systematic review on the effectiveness of interventions for informal caregivers of people with end-stage chronic illness has been published in @BioMedCentral Systematic Reviews: rdcu.be/dVrj2 Thanks as always to our sponsor @mariecurieuk
@ClaireCarswellx presented our @ACORNStudy findings in this afternoon’s moderated poster session at #UKKW2024 @UKKidney 🙌🏼🌟
Loved getting the band back together for the ACORN Study workshop this morning!! Thanks so much to all involved! @ClaireCarswellx @GladysLaurente5 @helnoble @mariecurieuk #KidneyDisease @QUBSONM @QUBelfast
Breakout sessions in progress @AcornStudy Exploring intervention development for carers of people managed without #dialysis receiving #conservative management @mariecurieuk @NIKRFcharity @kidneycareuk @ANNUKResearch @JoAnne_Dobson @QUBSONM @QUBResearchPol
Many thanks to the chair of the @NIKRFcharity for summing up @AcornStudy Jim thank you for your very touching address. Such a rewarding workshop ❤️@AcornStudy @QUBSONM @QUBResearchPol
Great presentations today at the ACORN workshop. Learning so much about conservative management for people with end stage kidney disease in the Northern Ireland and London contexts and the experiences of informal caregivers. @helnoble @ClaireCarswellx @GladysLaurente5
Grateful thanks to participants at our @mariecurieuk #renal @AcornStudy study workshop. Sharing findings related to #carers of people managed without #dialysis @NIKRFcharity @kidneycareuk @ClaireCarswellx Welcome back!!
Great to attend the @AcornStudy workshop this morning, discussing themes from qualitative interviews with informal caregivers of people with kidney disease receiving conservative management. Thanks to @ClaireCarswellx, @trishaforbes and @helnoble. @QUBSONM @qubengagemhls_d
Lovely day for the ACORN workshop in @QUBelfast this morning! They even put the bunting out to welcome us in. #KidneyDisease #Caregivers #belfast
The ACORN team are delighted to have had their abstract accepted for UK Kidney Week😆 Looking forward to presenting a poster on the lived experience of informal caregivers of people receiving conservative management. Roll on Edinburgh 2024! 💥 @UKKidney #UKKidneyWeek2024
Thanks to the research team and to all the delegates who contributed to the success of the @AcornStudy workshop…had a vibrant exchange of ideas focused on developing ways of supporting caregivers of people with end-stage #kidneydisease who have chosen conservative management.
And an additional thank you for all of how we can address issues that carers face, and what we could do going forward to help provide more support!
A particular thank you to Joyce coming today to tell us about her own experience as a carer, and for Fathama for telling us about her important role as Carer’s Hospital Support Coordinator
Thank you so much to everyone who attended our workshop today! Some great discussions about meeting the needs of carers of people who are receiving conservative management for #kidneydisease
We made it! We’re all in London - About to kick off the first workshop for the final stage of the @QUBSONM @mariecurieuk ACORN Study! We’ll be presenting findings and discussing how we can best support carers of people with #kidneydisease who have chosen conservative management.
We’re so pleased to have been shortlisted for the Queen’s University Belfast Staff Excellence Awards!! Really looking forward to Friday’s awards ceremony. 🙌🏼🤸♀️
Who would you love to see win? ➡️ ow.ly/f5Nb50QXERO #LoveQUB | #LoveQUBStaff | @QUBstaff 2/2
I am so delighted to announce that the EDTNA/ERCA book Supporting patients who opt not to have dialysis or stop dialysis- Guidelines for Nurses ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK59937… By Mike Kelly, EDTNA/ERCA - Psychological Care Consultant is now listed NLM Bookshelf category.
From everyone at team ACORN - Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Thank you everyone who has helped this year, our PPI panel, the clinical teams, researchers, co-investigators and most important - our participants. We couldn’t do it without you!
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