Professor Mike Nolan, BEd, MA, MSc, PhD RGN, RMN

Professor of Gerontological Nursing

Mike Nolan

The School of Nursing & Midwifery
Office located at:
Barber House Annexe
3a Clarkehouse Road
Sheffield S10 2HQ

Postal address:
Barber House
387 Glossop Road
Sheffield S10 2HQ

Tel: +44 (0) 114 22 2057

Biography

I trained as a teacher before joining the nursing profession in the 1970s. After gaining qualifications in general and psychiatric nursing I have worked with older people and their family carers in a variety of clinical, educational and research roles for over 25 years. I was appointed as the first Professor of Gerontological Nursing in the UK in 1995, a position I have held since. I also have Visiting Chairs at the University of Kalmar, Sweden, University of Limerick and Edge Hill Universit

I have particular research interests in the needs of frail older people and their family carers in both community and residential environments, and how family and formal carers can work together more effectively. Together with colleagues in the UK, Sweden and Canada, I have developed a range of carer assessment tools that have been translated into over 20 languages and are in widespread use in both clinical and research settings.

Recently much of my work has focussed on developing concepts of relationship-centred care and their application to enrich the experience of giving and receiving care by using the 'Senses' Framework. This underpins Age UK’s Myhomelife programme, an initiative to promote the quality of living, working, visiting and dying in care homes. Methodologically I have focussed on the promotion of participatory approaches to research that engage older people, carers and professionals as partners in the research process. I have well established research links in Sweden, Australia and Canada.

Activities and Distinctions

I have over 350 publications and a similar number of conference presentations, with 60+ as invited keynote/plenary speaker.
I have served on numerous national research and development committees, including the former English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, the Alzheimer’s Society Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee and the Stoke Association Research and Development Committee and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.I am currently a member of Alzheimer Society, Netherlands, Research Committee.
I was a member of the Nursing Panel in the 1996 and 2001 Research Assessment Exercises.
I sit on the editorial boards of nine peer reviewed journals.

Key Publications

1. Patterson M, Nolan M, Rick J, Brown J, Adams R and Musson G (2011) From Metrics to meaning: Culture change and quality of acute hospital care for older people. Final report to NCCSDO.
www.sdo.nihr.ac.uk/files/project/SDO_FR_08-1501-93_VO1.pdf
2. McKee K, Spazzafumo L, Nolan M, Wojszel B, Lamura G and Bien B (2009) Components of the difficulties, satisfactions and management strategies of carers of older people: A principle component analysis of CADI-CASI-CAMI. Aging and Mental Health, 13(2): 255-264.
3. Nolan MR, Hanson E, Grant G and Keady J (Eds) (2007) User Participation in Health and Social Care Research: Voices, Values and Evaluation. Open University Press.
4. Nolan MR, Brown J, Davies S, Nolan J and Keady J (2006) The Senses Framework: Improving Care for Older People Through a Relationship-Centred Approach. Getting Research into Practice (GRiP) Report No 2, University of Sheffield.
5. Hanson E, Nolan J, Magnusson L, Sennemark E, Johansson L and Nolan MR (2006) COAT: The Carers Outcome Agreement Tool: A new approach to working with family carers. Getting Research into Practice (GRiP) Report No 1, University of Sheffield.

Current Grants

Parker S, Booth A, Nolan M, Torrington J, Dearden A and Barnes S - Built Environment in Acute Care for Older People (NIHR Physical Environment)

Jack B, O’Brien M, Roe B, Nolan M, Lloyd-Williams M and Pine K - What do carers of people with cancer and advanced progressive illness find burdensome during the final year of life: how might this be alleviated by the adoption of an alert system? (Research for Patient Benefit)

University of Aveiro, Portugal - To develop an integrated intervention for staff and older people with dementia in institutional settings (Fundacopara a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT))