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Improving care for older people with acute infections<\/h1>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Acute infections in people over 75 years are often difficult to diagnose and linked to both over prescription of antibiotics and unplanned hospital admissions (Rhee & Stone 2014; Beckett et al 2015; Millet et al 2015). There has been considerable research into both causes and ways to (safely) reduce overuse of antibiotics and unplanned hospital admissions for older people, but primarily focussed on care home settings (Feldstein et al 2018; Nguyen et al 2019; Raban et al 2020; Smith et al 2020). Despite various initiatives, overuse of antibiotics remains an issue in care homes due to significant barriers to the successful implementation (Vicentini et al 2024).\u00a0 For older people living independently, some with the support of formal or informal carers, there is little research on these issues or how to safely reduce antibiotic prescribing.<\/p>\n

As the number of people over 75 years increases and becomes more ethnically diverse, health inequalities are also increasing.\u00a0 Health outcomes and life expectancy are worse in deprived areas than in affluent, and in southern England compared with northern areas (Bambra, 2022; Munford et al, 2023). People from underserved groups, including minoritised ethnicities and lower socioeconomic status, are at higher risk of contracting infectious diseases and carrying antibiotic resistance bacteria (Ayorinde et al 2023).<\/p>\n

There is a need to understand what leads to inequalities in care and health outcomes for older people with acute infections and how we can improve care and reduce inequalities.\u00a0 This work will address the ICB priority of tackling inequalities and supporting older people towards the end of life.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>The aims of the RCF project are:<\/p>\n

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  1. To review the current literature on drivers of over and under prescribing of antibiotics and unplanned hospital admissions for acute infections in older adults from marginalised populations<\/li>\n
  2. To co-design, with diverse public and stakeholder contributors, future research to improve care for older people with infections\n