![John Woolham](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/people-staff/woolham-160.xc65c0d01.jpg?f=webp)
Dr John Woolham
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Biography
John joined King's in December 2015, retired in December 2021 and is now a Visiting Senior Research Fellow.
Prior to working in a university, he worked for many years as a social care researcher in local government, moving first to Coventry University in 2009.
John’s research interests include the application of assistive technology and telecare to support the independence and well-being of older people and people with dementia, personalisation and personal budgets in social care, and social care Personal Assistants. While at Coventry University John led a major project on personalisation and older people (funded by NIHR School for Social Care Research) and was part of a research team investigating risk and personalisation. Since moving to King's he has led studies focusing on local authority telecare use for older people, also funded by NIHR SSCR – the UTOPIA project – two DHSC funded studies of Personal Assistants. Until December 2021, he also led an NIHR funded study of hoarding and self-neglect among older people. John was also a co-investigator in a randomised controlled trial of technology and its use by people with dementia, the ATTILA trial, and is currently a co-investigator in a study led by the University of Hertfordshire to encourage greater use of research evidence in social work practice settings.
He is a member of the British Society of Gerontology.
John Woolham: ORCID iD | Research Profile at King's
Research
![PA-1 PRP-780](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/pa-1-prp-780.xb75a6261.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Personal Assistants and Personal Budgets: Describing this emergent group and its relationship to the wider social care and health workforce [PA-1]
Reaching a better understanding of the Personal Assistant role to inform policymakers and the wider social care sector.
Project status: Completed
![PA-2-780](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/pa-2-780.x1d24ef74.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
The impact of COVID-19 on people who work as social care Personal Assistants [PA-2]
Exploring the personal impact of COVID-19 on PAs and their families, and on attitudes to working as a PA.
Project status: Completed
![utopia-780](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/utopia-780.xba8c8aef.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Using Telecare for Older People In Adult social care
The UTOPIA study was a research project funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research.
Project status: Completed
News
At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024
The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham
![Researchers and colleagues at a conference](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/news/2024/hscwru-at-nihr-sscr-conference-2024-780.x486fdc62.jpg?w=780&h=440&f=webp)
What do we know about hoarding behaviour and treatment approaches for older people?
New evidence review from our NIHR School for Social Care Research study
![Green and yellow graphic](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/research-programme/nihr-sscr-studies/opsn/hoarding-review-780.xf2805955.jpg?f=webp)
John Woolham and Nicole Steils at the British Geriatrics Society
John and Nicole were invited speakers at the Society's Spring Meeting
![a telecare screen and a person wearing a telecare alarm](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/news/2022/april/utopia-780a.xf055e8ad.jpg?f=webp)
What happens when research and policy don't align?
John Woolham delivered a keynote presentation to the Social Care Ireland Annual Conference.
![Woolham 2021 trials- 780](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/news/2021/woolham-2021-trials-780.x8a84994f.jpg?f=webp)
Self-neglect among older people: an evidence review
How should Adult Social Care best respond?
![Image of part of cover of new report by Martineau et al 2021 Social care responses to self-neglect](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/research-reports-etc/martineau-et-al-2021-social-care-responses-to-self-neglect.x21f10e59.jpg?w=990&h=1400&crop=780,440,122,791&f=webp)
Events
![older people-781](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/event-series/annual/2021/older-people-781.x9e80b1a8.jpg?w=780&h=440&f=webp)
Older People’s Health & Social Care Conference 2021
The 13th Annual Joint conference of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, Age UK London, and Making Research Count
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
![PA-1 PRP-780](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/pa-1-prp-780.xb75a6261.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Personal Assistants and Personal Budgets: Describing this emergent group and its relationship to the wider social care and health workforce [PA-1]
Reaching a better understanding of the Personal Assistant role to inform policymakers and the wider social care sector.
Project status: Completed
![PA-2-780](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/pa-2-780.x1d24ef74.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
The impact of COVID-19 on people who work as social care Personal Assistants [PA-2]
Exploring the personal impact of COVID-19 on PAs and their families, and on attitudes to working as a PA.
Project status: Completed
![utopia-780](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/utopia-780.xba8c8aef.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Using Telecare for Older People In Adult social care
The UTOPIA study was a research project funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research.
Project status: Completed
News
At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024
The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham
![Researchers and colleagues at a conference](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/news/2024/hscwru-at-nihr-sscr-conference-2024-780.x486fdc62.jpg?w=780&h=440&f=webp)
What do we know about hoarding behaviour and treatment approaches for older people?
New evidence review from our NIHR School for Social Care Research study
![Green and yellow graphic](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/research-programme/nihr-sscr-studies/opsn/hoarding-review-780.xf2805955.jpg?f=webp)
John Woolham and Nicole Steils at the British Geriatrics Society
John and Nicole were invited speakers at the Society's Spring Meeting
![a telecare screen and a person wearing a telecare alarm](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/news/2022/april/utopia-780a.xf055e8ad.jpg?f=webp)
What happens when research and policy don't align?
John Woolham delivered a keynote presentation to the Social Care Ireland Annual Conference.
![Woolham 2021 trials- 780](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/news/2021/woolham-2021-trials-780.x8a84994f.jpg?f=webp)
Self-neglect among older people: an evidence review
How should Adult Social Care best respond?
![Image of part of cover of new report by Martineau et al 2021 Social care responses to self-neglect](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/research-reports-etc/martineau-et-al-2021-social-care-responses-to-self-neglect.x21f10e59.jpg?w=990&h=1400&crop=780,440,122,791&f=webp)
Events
![older people-781](/newimages/sspp/ahscwru/event-series/annual/2021/older-people-781.x9e80b1a8.jpg?w=780&h=440&f=webp)
Older People’s Health & Social Care Conference 2021
The 13th Annual Joint conference of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, Age UK London, and Making Research Count
Please note: this event has passed.