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Ph.D. (Social Policy) City University

B.Com (Economics, Politics, Sociology), Birmingham University

Professor Anthea Tinker's CV

Anthea Tinker has been Professor of Social Gerontology at King’s College London since 1988. She has been on the staff of three Universities and three Government Departments and has been a Consultant to the WHO, EU and OECD. She chaired the College Research Ethics Committee from 2001 - 2011

She has undertaken a wide range of research in the field of social policy specialising since 1974 in gerontology. She is the author or co-author of 32 books and over 300 articles and book chapters. She has undertaken a large number of national plenary lectures including those organised by the Royal Society/British Academy, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, British Society of Gerontology and numerous international plenary lectures in the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and in Europe.

She was awarded the CBE in 2000 in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for Services to Housing for Older People. She was elected a elected as a Fellow of King’s College London in 1998, a Founding Member of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 1999. She was President of the Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Royal Society of Medicine 1998-2000. She was one of the Women of the Year in 2002. She was elected a fellow of the Briish Society of Gerontology in 2008 and awarded the Society's Outstanding Achievement Award in 2010.

Anthea Tinker's main areas of research interest are Social Policy and Research Ethics. She has worked on a wide range of research in the field of social policy specialising since 1974 in Gerontology. Recent research includes projects on community care, a large number of studies on housing for older people, elder abuse, health and health trends, carers, falls and accidents, information needs, older workers and technology/communication systems (including navigation aids, mobility of older people, introducing assistive technology into older people’s homes and remodelling sheltered housing and residential care homes to extra care housing). Research on long term care includes 5 major national surveys of housing/care of older people, 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. She also led the teams which undertook the major research for the Royal Commission on Long Term Care (1999) and a large study of people aged 85 and over living in their own homes (2001). She carried out a national survey of University Research Ethics Committees in 2004.

1. BOOKS

Tinker, A, Askham, J, Hancock, R, Mueller, G. & Stuchbury, R., 2001. Eighty-five not out: A study of people aged 85 and over at home. Anchor Trust.

Tinker, A. & Coomber, V., 2004. University Research Ethics Committees: Their role, remit and conduct. Nuffield Foundation.

Salvage, A, Zeilig, H, Tinker, A. & Askham, J., 2005. Facts and Misunderstandings about pension and retirement ages. Department of Work and Pensions.

Wright, F, McCreadie, C., & Tinker, A., June 2005. Improving the provision of information about assistive technology. King’s College London.

Wright, F, McCreadie, C. & Tinker, A., June 2005. Improving the provision of information about assistive technology. King’s College London. (Summary)

O’Keefe, M, Hills, A, Doyle, M, McCreadie, C, Scholes, S.,Constantine, R, Tinker, A, Manthorpe, J, Biggs, S. & Erens, B., 2007. UK Study of Elder Abuse and Neglect of Older People: Prevalence survey report National Centre for Social Research.

2. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Tinker, A., 2000. Older people’s health. In S. Rawaf & P. Orton (eds) Health Improvement Programmes. Royal Society of Medicine, 149 155.

Tinker, A., 2000. Housing design, social services, transportation and urban development. In Report of OECD/Norway International Conference, Oslo, May, 21 23.

Tinker, A., 2000. Elder care. In The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work (ed. Martin Davies) Blackwell.112 113.

McCreadie, C. & Tinker, A., 2002. Elder abuse. In Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology R. Tallis and H. Fillit (eds.) 6th edition Churchill Livingstone, 1339-1412.

Tinker, A., 2007. Ethics and Older People. In Ethics: Contemporary challenges in health and social care (ed. A. Leathard and S. McLaren) The Policy Press, .255-268.

Hanson, J. & Mayagoitia, R. & Boxtael, E. & Wojgani, H. & Wright, F. Y & Tinker, A., 2008. Does inclusive comprise care neutral in remodelled extra care housing in an inclusive and care neutral solution. In Designing Inclusive Futures (ed. J. Clarkson and J. Robinson) Springer, .227-236.

Tinker, A, Biggs, S & Manthorpe, J The Mistreatment and Neglect of Older People in Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (eds. HM Fillit, L Rockwood & K Woodhouse). Chapter 113 959-972. Saunders Elsevier London.

Tinker, A Technology and ageing in Ian Stuart-Hamilton (ed) An Introduction of Gerontology, 363 – 388, Chapter 13, Cambridge University Press,

3. ARTICLES

McCreadie, C. & Bennett, G. & Gilthorpe, M. & Houghton, G. & Tinker, A., February 2000. Elder abuse: Do GP’s know or care? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine,. 67-71.

Tinker, A., 2000. Population aspects of the dementias. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15,.753-757.

Tinker, A., 2000. How likely is community care to be an option? Administration, 48 (3),.62-74.

McCreadie, C, Lansley, P. & Tinker, A., 2000. The EQUAL initiative: dust on a bowl of rose leaves? Generations Review, 10 (4), .44-45.

Tinker, A., September 2001. Ethics committees: help or hindrance? Generations Review, 11 (3), .11-12 & 18.

Bright, K, Flanagan, S, Lansley, P, Cowan, D, McCreadie, C, Tinker, A. & Turner-Smith, A., April 2001. Assisting quality of life. Journal of Architecture and Surveying, . 32.

Tinker, A., October 2001. Younger people help older people in research project. Engineering Matters, 5.

Fan-Liu, L. & Tinker, A., 2001. Factors associated with nursing home entry for older people in Taiwan, Republic of China. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 15 (3), .245-255.

Tinker, A., April 2002. The social implications of an ageing population. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development: The official journal of the British Society for Research on Ageing, .729-735.

McCreadie, C, Seale, J, Tinker, A. & Turner-Smith, A., February 2002. Older people and mobility in the home: In search of useful assistive technologies. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54-60.

Fan-Liu, L. & Tinker, A., 2002. Entry to nursing homes in Taiwan, ROC: the role and involvement of families. Quality in Ageing: Policy, Practice and Research, 33 (3), 27-35.

Matthias, B & Tinker, A., November/December 2002. The church’s role in dementia care. Journal of Dementia Care, .17.

Seale, J, McCreadie, C, Turner-Smith, A. & Tinker, A., 2002. Older people as partners in assistive technology research: the use of focus groups in the design process. Technology and Disability, 14, .21-29.

Tinker, A., 12 April 2003. Ageing in the United Kingdom – what does this mean for dentistry? British Dental Journal, 194 (7), 369-372.

Tinker, A. McCreadie, C. & Turner-Smith, A., 2003. Assistive technology and older people: listening to their views. Housing, Care and Support, 6 (2), .27-30.

Fan-Liu, L. & Tinker, A., 2003. Admission to nursing homes in Taiwan. Social Policy and Administration, 37 (4), .376-394.

Tinker, A., 2003. Assistive technology and its role in housing policies for older people. Quality in Ageing, 4 (2),.4-12.

Tinker, A., 2003. Older people and ethics. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 22 (4), 206-210.

Tinker, A, McCreadie, C. & Lansley, P., 2003. Assistive Technology: some lessons from the Netherlands. Gerontechnology, 2 (4), .332-337.

Tinker, A, Lansley, P. & Turner-Smith, A., 30 January 2004. Home help. Housing Today, .22-23.

Tinker, A., 2004. Introducing assistive technology into the homes of older people: the REKI research project. Housing Care and Support, 17 (3),.30-34.

Lansley, P, McCreadie, C. & Tinker, A., 2004. Can adapting the homes of older people and providing assistive technology pay its way? Age and Ageing, 33 (6), 571-76.

Lansley, P, McCreadie, C, Tinker, A, Flanagan, S, Goodacre, K. & Turner-Smith, A., 2004. Adapting the homes of older people: a case study of costs and savings. Building Research and Information, 32 (6), .468-483.

Tinker, A., 2004. The future role of housing. Working with Older People, 8 (4), 15-17.

McCreadie, C. & Tinker, A., 2005. The acceptability of assistive technology to older people. Ageing and Society, 25, .91-110.

Tinker, A. & Coomber, V., 2005. University research ethics committee – a summary of research into their role, remit and conduct. Research Ethics Review, 1 (1),.5-11.

Tinker, A. & Lansley, P., 2005. Introducing assistive technology into the existing homes of older people: feasibility, acceptability, costs and outcomes. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2 (1), 1-3.

Zeilig, H, Tinker, A. & Salvage, A., 2005. The state retirement age: common misconceptions about retirement and the state pension. Quality in Ageing, 6 (6), .8-16.

Tinker, A., 2006. Making housing work for older people. ESRC The Edge.

Tinker, A., 2006. Ageing: Can we stop the clock? In G. Newton, ed. Fount of all wisdom or burden on society? Wellcome Trust, .9-11.

McCreadie, C, Wright, F. & Tinker. A., 2006. Improving the provision of information about assistive technology for older people. Quality in Ageing, 7 (2), .13-22.

McCreadie, C. Tinker, A., Biggs, S, Manthorpe, J, O’Keeffe, M, Doyle, M, Hills, A. & Erens, B., 2006. First steps: the UK national prevalence study of the mistreatment and abuse of older people. The Journal of Adult Protection, 8 (3), .4-11.

Tinker, A., Zeilig, H, Wright, F, Hanson, J, Mayagoitia, R. & Wojgani, H., 2007. Extra care housing: a concept without a consensus. Quality in Ageing, 8 (4), 33-44.

Tinker, A., Summer 2007. Older people as leaders – an idea before its time or past its sell by date? Agendas (Aged and Community Services, Australia), .11.

Tinker, A., Spring 2007. Why some sheltered housing is difficult to let. Heart. The Journal of the Centre for Sheltered Housing, 31,.4.

Manthorpe, J, Briggs, S, McCreadie, C, Tinker, A, Hills, A, O’Keefe, M. Doyle, M. & Erens, B., 2007. The UK study of abuse and neglect among older people. Nursing Older People, 19 (8), .24-26.

McCreadie, C.,Wright, F. & Tinker, A., 2007. Improving the provision of information about assistive technology for older people. Journal of Assistive Technologies, 1 (1), 33–41.

Tinker, A., Wright, F, Hanson, J, Mayagoitia, R.,Wojgani, H. & Holmans, A., 2008. Remodelling to extra care housing: some implications for policy and practice. Quality in Aging, 9 (1), .4-12.

Manthorpe, J, Tinker, A., McCreadie, C, Biggs, S, Doyle, M, Erens, B & Hills, A., February 2008. Numbers and nuances: the implications for adult protection co-ordinators and communities of the UK national study of abuse and neglect of older people. The Journal of Adult Protection, 10. 13-23

Bhamra, S, Tinker, A, Mein, G, Ashcroft, R and Askham, J 2008. ‘The retention of older participants in longitudinal studies: A review of the literature’. Quality in Ageing, 9, .27-35

Wright, F, Tinker, A, Hanson, J, Wojgani, H & Mayagoitia, R ‘Some social consequences of remodelling English sheltered housing and care homes to ‘extra care’’. Ageing and Society 29, 2009, 135-153

Biggs, S, Manthorpe, J, Tinker, A, Doyle, M, & Erens, B, 2009. ‘Mistreatment of older people in the United Kingdom: Findings from the first national prevalence study’. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 21, 1-14.

Tinker, A, Mein, G, Bhamra, S, Ashcroft, R, & Seale, C 2009, ‘Retaining older participants in health research studies: Some ethical issues’. Research Ethics Review, 5, 2, 71-74

Dixon, J, Manthorpe, J, Biggs, S, Mowlam, A, Tenant, R, Tinker, A, McCreadie, C ‘Defining elder mistreatment: Reflections on the UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People’. Ageing and Society. 30, 2010, 403 – 420

Tinker, A and Hanson J 2010 Improving sheltered housing and care homes for older people in Academy of Social Sciences Making the Case for the Social Sciences, No. 2 Ageing

Wright, F, Tinker, A, Mayagoitia, R, Hanson, J, Wojgani, H & Holmans, A ‘What is the ‘Extra’ in Extra Care Housing? British Journal of Social Work. March 2010, 1-16

Tinker, A & Hanson, J 2010 ‘Improving sheltered housing and care homes for older people’ in Academy of Social Sciences, Making the Case for the Social Sciences No. 2: Ageing AcSS, London

Tinker, A ‘A gerontologist and her career’ Generations Review, Vol 20, No. 4 Oct 2010

Papadopoulos, A. Biggs, S. Tinker, A. (2011) Wellbeing in later life: a proposed ecosystemic framework. British Journal of Wellbeing , vol 2 (6) 22-31.

Tinker, A 2011 Improving sheltered housing and care homes in King’s College London Ideas with Impact: transforming Policy 14 -15

Tinker, A. (2012). ‘Janet Askham’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press.

Stevens, M, Biggs, S, Tinker, A and Manthorpe, J. 2012 (Forthcoming) International perspectives on the mistreatment of older and vulnerable people in long term care settings. British Journal of Sociology.

4. SHORT REPORTS

Biggs, S. & Tinker, A., 2007. What makes a city age friendly? Help the Aged for the World Health Organisation. .1-28.

Tinker, A, Wright, F, Mayagoitia, R, van Boxtael, E, Hanson, J, Wojgani, H. & Holmans, A., October 2007. Remodelling sheltered housing and residential care homes to extra care housing: summary of finding. King’s College London & University College London. 1-4.

Tinker, A, Hanson, J, Wright, F., Mayagoitia, R, Wojgani, H, & Holmans, A., October 2007. Remodelling sheltered housing and residential care homes to extra care housing: advice to housing and care providers. King’s College London & University College London.1-19.

5. OTHER

Tinker, A. & McCreadie, C., 30.9.04. Published 2005. The Scientific Aspects of Ageing. Submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on science and technology. TSO

Tinker, A. & McCreadie, C., 7.12.04. Published 2005. . The Scientific Aspects of Ageing. Submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on science and technology. Follow up evidence. TSO

Tinker, A., 2005. Contributor to WHO. A glossary of terms for community health care and services for older persons. Ageing and Health Report, 5. World Health Organisation Kobe, Japan.

Tinker, A., 2006. Housing policies for older people in the UK. Background paper for policy forum on low fertility in an ageing society. Seoul, S Korea. .3.1–3.23.

Tinker, A. & McCreadie, C., 2006. Follow up evidence in House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology Ageing: Scientific Aspects Follow up Report with evidence 2006 TSO p.43

Tinker, A, 2009 The Future of Social Care Services. Submission to the House of Commons Committee on Health, TSO, p. 153 – 157

2000   EPSRC.  Introducing Assistive Technology into older people’s existing homes £153,096 (GR/N33249/01 – in conjunction with GR/N33270/01 and GR/N33218/01)

2003  Nuffield Foundation.  University Research Ethics Committees:  Their role, remit and conduct.  £49,908

2004 Department of Work and Pensions. Retirement and Pension Age:  The facts behind the publicity  £27,147

2004 The Helen Hamlyn Trust.  Improving the Provision of Information about Assistive Technology to Older People £78,352  (With J Askham)

2004 ESRC.   2004 – 2006, £101,780. Disruptions in family and work life: Implications for support in later life (With K Glaser, J Askham, C Tomassini, R Stuchbury).

2005  EPSRC.  Remodelling sheltered housing and residential care homes to extra care housing  £260,214  GR/EP/C532945/1

2005 Comic Relief.  UK study of abuse and mistreatment of older people £90,000.  (With S Biggs, J Manthorpe and C McCreadie). 

2006 Atlantic Philanthropies.  The Atlantic Philanthropies - Their work for older adults: An evaluation  £143,961

2007 WHO. Age Friendly Cities project. Help the Aged  £8,250  (With S Biggs)

2008  Atlantic Philanthropies. The retention of older people in longitudinal studies £72,975 (With J Askham, G Mein and  R Ashcroft)

2008 Atlantic Philanthropies.  The Atlantic Philanthropies - Their work for older adults: An evaluation  Phase 2 ££111,675

2008 Department of Health/Comic Relief Abuse, Neglect and Loss of Dignity in the Institutional Care of Older People £86,062  2009 (ii) Theoretical and methodological development (With S.Biggs)

2010 ESRC.  CASE studentship The role of assistive technology and personal care in enabling families to care for relatives with dementia in their location of choice (with K Glaser)

2010 Gulbenkian Foundation. International Study of the Role of Grandparents in Family Life (scoping study) £16,988 (with K.Glaser and D Price)

2011 Gulbenkian Foundation.  International Study of the Role of Grandparents in Family Life £199,936  (With K.Glaser and D Price)

2011 MRC. Resilience after Stroke: An intervention to Promote Mental Health and Quality of Life Among Older Stroke Users £242,264 (With C McKevitt, A Bhalla, A McGrath, E Sadler, R Stewart, C.Wolfe)

2011 Arts and Humanities Research Council. Research Network Late-Life creativity and the new ‘old age’: Arts and humanities and gerontology in critical dialogue (PIs D Amigoni and G McMullan) AT named as Academic participant

2012 Australian Research Council  Emerging from the shadows: the evaluation of intervention strategies to reduce social isolation amongst the aged, Aus $348,151 (with University of Adelaide, A Beer, L Buys, G Lewin, R Bentley). 

 

Anthea is interested in supervising PhD students in areas of social policy and, in particular,

Housing and technology, elder abuse/mistreatment, older workers and care at home.

Prospective students interested in working in these areas should look at the Institute’s PhD admissions web page.

Anthea is currently co-supervising:

Suzanne Hardy: The role of assistive technology for personal care in enabling families to care for relatives with dementia in their location of choice

Supervisors: Karen Glaser and Anthea Tinker

• Population Ageing & Policy (7SSAM128): Contributor to teaching
• Ageing, Health and Society (7SSAM122): Contributor to teaching
• Researching Vulnerable Populations (7SSAM127): Contributor to teaching
• Ageing in a Global Context (7SSAM114): Contributor to teaching

Committees

Currently

2001 -   Member Advisory Committee English Longitudinal Study

2001 - New Dynamics of Ageing Advisory Committee (Deputy Chair)

2001 - Member Social Research Ethics Forum

2006 -   Council Member Association of Research Ethics Committees

2008 – Advisory Committee SOPRANO (Smart Environments for Older Europeans) EU project Brussels.

2008 -  European Forum for Good Clinical Practice: Geriatric Medicines Working Party

2010 -  Member General Assembly (Council) International Society of Gerontechnology

2010  - Member Public Policy & Ethics Advisory Board for EU Project Independent Co-ordinated & Care.

2011 – AgeUk Research Grants

2011 – Medical Research Council Lifelong Health and Wellbeing programme University College London WISH (Wellbeing Interventions for Social and Health Needs) study (Chair)

2011 – Technology Strategy Board programme Design Council Independence Matters programme (Chair)

Since 2006

2001 - 11 Chair King’s College Research Ethics Committee

2006 – 09 British Dental Association Working Party Dentistry Futures

2007 - 08 Crown Prosecution Service Elder Abuse Policy Steering Group

2007 - 09 Academy of Social Sciences Membership Committee

2008 - 2009 International member of Australian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

2008 MRC Lifelong Health & Wellbeing Research Advisory Panel

2008 EPSRC KT EQUAL Sift Panel Meeting (Knowledge Transfer)

2009 – 11 Department of Health University of Kent Personal Social Services Research Unit An Evaluation of Extra Care Housing

Nov 2010 - 2012 EU Consortium Frailty Operative Definition Consensus Conferences

Editorial Boards

Currently

2003 -   Quality in Ageing

2005 - Research Ethics Review (the Journal of the Association of Research Ethics Committees)

Since 2006

2001 - 2010 International Journal of Technology and Ageing