Thanks to advances in healthcare and living standards, people in the UK (and many parts of the world) are living longer than ever before. Today, there’s almost 11 million people, or 19% of the population, aged 65 and over in the UK. By 2041, this number is expected to double.
But the experience of getting older is becoming increasingly negative for many.
Here’s what we’re doing at the Institute of Healthcare Engineering to tackle the loneliness, deteriorating health and difficulties accessing services faced by many.
Why we’re doing this
If the above wasn't reasoning enough, here's a few more reasons on why we're tackling this.
What we've done already
It's a big task but we've got to start somewhere. We've made some headway. Here's what we've already done.
How we're going to do this
There's still a lot more to do. Here's the things we're working on to ensure we have the tools and technologies needed as we get older.
And here’s when we’re planning to do our work by:
Healthy Ageing News
Report: Reflecting on the Age Innovation Hub – what we learned from crowdsourcing ideas
Launched in late 2020 and running to mid-2021, the Age Innovation Hub was a digital platform that crowdsourced ideas and needs for technologies to support healthy ageing. Read our report about our experience and the learnings.
14 Jun 2022
Launching policy notes on healthy ageing
New policy notes from UCL IHE, Policy Impact Unit and CelebrAGE set out the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population.
06 Jan 2022
UCL EPSRC PhD Studentship on Healthy Ageing: call for projects
The Institute of Healthcare Engineering (IHE) has been awarded a UCL EPSRC DTP PhD studentship allocated via the Faculty of Engineering Sciences. The aim of this studentship is to support interdisciplinary research collaborations on the theme of Healthy Ageing.
14 Apr 2021
