How can we support a healthy, happy older age?
...health and social care. Understanding the challenges and opportunities of an older population in terms of health and care needs an appreciation of the needs of older people both now...
...health and social care. Understanding the challenges and opportunities of an older population in terms of health and care needs an appreciation of the needs of older people both now...
...principles for understanding the mobility of people as they age, which could also be applied to policy solutions to improving mobility. This includes: taking a person-centred approach to placing the...
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...and the role of technological innovations in promoting healthcare at home. Future-proofing housing and the built environment Dr Judith Torrington’s paper examines how current housing stock and the built environment...
...and Drury’s paper looks at attitudes to ageing across Europe and, surprisingly, find that countries have different answers to this apparently simply question. Figure 1. The perceived onset of old...
...one of the most exciting social, cultural and economic shifts of our time often appear to be out of sync with current policies, institutions tailored for a different population, a...
...has used a co-design approach to introduce a range of small changes that improved the efficiency of an experimental production line for their age-diverse workforce. Changing workplace environments and attitudes...
...Lessons learned As we explained to participants at the time, this is a pretty new approach for policy makers, and very new for the Government Office for Science. So each...
...make progress in such an interwoven policy area, which in turn is set upon a complex evidence base? A scientific approach is essential to properly understand the ageing UK population,...
...85 or over. Homes will increasingly be used as places of work and care, so we need appropriately designed housing that can adapt to people’s changing needs. More people will...
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