In perhaps one of the wettest and coldest months in memory, Abigail Gardner, Stephen Tatlow, Philip Reeder, Alice Goodenough and Wendy Martin (Brunel) have embarked on Phase One of their two-year UKRI funded project, SAGE Sound Environment and Ageing: Bringing the Outside into Care Homes. This involves them conducting walking interviews with care home managers…

Research by the University of Gloucestershire investigation whether sounds of nature can have a positive impact on the wellbeing of care home residents has secured funding of more than £336,000. Building on previous studies, researchers in science, sound art and cultural studies will ‘develop and test an intervention using immersive audio technologies in partnership with…

A new study from experts and researchers at the University of Gloucestershire will explore whether the sounds of nature could have a positive impact on care home residents. The research will involve working with older people in the community to record nature-based soundtracks. These will include sounds such as birdsongs, waterfalls, and sea waves which will be played through immersive sound…

Aiming to utilise nature-based soundtracks to boost wellbeing, a multidisciplinary team of university experts in social science, sound art and cultural studies are collaborating on a two-year study to develop and test immersive audio intervention for care home residents. The two-year study titled ‘SAGE, ‘Sound, Environment and Ageing: Bringing the Outside into Care Homes’, has been awarded…

Charity Lilian Faithfull Care is working with the University of Gloucestershire to explore whether the sounds of nature can have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in care homes.

Innovative research by University of Gloucestershire exploring whether the sounds of nature can have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in care homes, has won funding of more than £336,000. Building on previous studies, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers in social science, sound art and Cultural Studies will develop and…

The University of Gloucestershire has received more than £300,000 worth of funding to put towards its project, investigating whether the sounds of nature can positively impact the mental health of care home residents.