King's College London, Institute of Gerontology, Professor of Social Gerontology
Prof. Anthea Tinker has been on the staff of three Universities and three Government Departments. Research includes projects on community care, a large number of studies on housing for older people (including five major national surveys), elder abuse, health trends, carers, falls and accidents, information needs, older workers and technology/ communication systems. On long term care the research based evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on Health, work on the financial costs of caring for the Carnegie Inquiry into the Third Age, a comparative study for the OECD of policies for frail elderly people and membership of the Joseph Rowntree Inquiry into the Cost of Long Term Care. Also led the team which undertook the major research for the Royal Commission on Long Term Care and a large study of people aged 85 and over living in their own homes. Just completed a national survey of University Research Ethics Committees.
