Positive ageing: Research Centre Aims to Set National Agenda

Helping people to grow older in a happy and healthy way is the subject of a major new research programme at the University of Greenwich.

In response to the challenges posed to society by rapid demographic change, in which the number of older people is increasing far more quickly than other sections of the population, the university is launching its Centre for Positive Ageing.

Researchers will investigate a variety of areas that affect older people – such as pain, falls, dementia and other long-term conditions, housing and access to technology – in order to help individuals live healthier and more fulfilling lives, supported by better health and social care services.  More … http://www2.gre.ac.uk/research/news/articles/a2789-positive-ageing-research-centre-aims-to-set-national-agenda

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