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Claire is a district nurse by background and a Fellow of the Queen’s Community Nursing Institute.
She is an Emerita National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator. In January 2024 she was awarded in the King's New Year's Honours an MBE for services to older people's research
Her research focuses on the health and social care needs of the oldest old, including those living with dementia and living in long term care.
She led the NIHR funded DACHA study (Developing research resources And minimum data set for Care Homes' Adoption and use) and was the lead for the Department of Health and Social Care funded DEMCOM study evaluation of Dementia Friendly Communities. She has published widely including being co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing. She is a member of Alzheimer's Research Strategy Council and sits on various NIHR and Charity funding panels.
https://britishgeriatricssociety.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/what-does-good-look-like-when-thinking-about-care-homes/
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/claire-goodman/why-you-should-never-prom_b_17407392.html
https://theconversation.com/what-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-good-care-home-80648
https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2017/sep/18/nhs-care-homes-partners-not-problems
https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2016/aug/16/care-homes-good-death-for-residents
Research interests
Research with older people with complex needs (including dementia) living at home and in long term care settings
Integrated working across health and social care for older people and their families/supporters
Community engagement activities that support people affected by dementia to live well
External positions
Theme lead Ageing and Multimorbidity, NIHR - Applied Research Collaboration - East of England (ARC-EoE)
1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sept 2022
NIHR Senior Investigator, NIHR - National Institute for Health Research - Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)
1 Apr 2016 → 31 Mar 2024
Deputy Director, East of England Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research & Care (CLAHRC)
1 Nov 2014 → 30 Oct 2019
Fellow of the Queens Nursing Institute
Sept 2013 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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MoRRE: Mapping and mobilising evidence of new and extended practice roles In NHS primary and community care: A Scoping Review and Meta-review of Realist Reviews and Evaluations with integrated knowledge mobilisation
Goodman, C. (PI)
NIHR - National Institute for Health Research
1/09/25 → 29/02/28
Project: Research
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Developing an Innovation Hub for research with people living with multiple long-term conditions including dementia
Goodman, C. (PI), Handley, M. (CoI), Mathie, E. (CoI), Pujari, A. (CoI) & Lebcir, M. (CoI)
1/07/23 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Investigation and Implementation of Solutions for Challenges in Mental Issues of the Elderly in Vietnam by Networking with Advanced Countries
Goodman, C. (PI)
1/12/20 → 30/11/21
Project: Research
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The effect of psychosocial and healthcare interventions on reducing hospitalisation in people with dementia: an umbrella review
Goodman, C. & Sommerlad, A., 14 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing research resources and minimum data set for care homes' adoption and use (DACHA)
Goodman, C., Akdur, G., Irvine, L., Burton, J., Hanratty , B., Killet , A., Meyer, J., Towers, A.-M., Gordon, A. L., Carroll, R., Rand , S., Micklewright, K., Spilsbury, K., Lloyd, T., Crellin, L., Allan , S., Peryer, G., Davey, V., Tracey, F. & De Corte, K. & 4 others, , 5 Feb 2026, NIHR Journals Library.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Traversing the data landscape: insights and recommendations from a case study using novel linkage of care home and health data
Crellin, E., De Corte, K., Tracey, F., Burton, J., Rand , S., Allan , S., Wolters, A. T., Goodman, C. & Lloyd, T., 12 Jan 2026, In: BMJ Health & Care Informatics . 33, 8 p., e101600.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing research resources and minimum data set for care homes' adoption and use (DACHA): The DACHA study
Goodman, C., 2026, In: Health Services and Delivery Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Funding Health Promotion Activities to Reduce Avoidable Hospital Admissions in Frail Older Adults (HomeHealth): Further Challenges to the “Cost-Effective but Unaffordable” Paradox: When Health Promotion is Cost Saving but Unaffordable: A Case Study in Frailty (HomeHealth)
Hunter, R. M., Frost, R., Kalwarowsky, S., Marston, L., Pan, S., Avgerinou, C., Clegg, A., Cooper, C., Drennan, V. M., Gardner, B., Goodman, C., Logan, P., Skelton, D. A. & Walters, K., 1 Nov 2025, In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 23, 6, p. 1099-1113 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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