NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing | Healthy ageing Archives

Which unmet social care needs have the biggest impact on healthy ageing?

by Web team (LB) | Nov 30, 2023 | Care, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Past projects, Prevention

Exploring the relationship between individual unmet needs and healthy ageing.

Promoting sexual health in older adults: findings from two rapid reviews

by Web team (DM) | Nov 1, 2023 | Healthy ageing, Publications

Providing an overview of the evidence on sexual health needs and sexual health promotion in later life.

Tackling poor health in older people resulting from cold homes

by Web team (LB) | Oct 30, 2023 | Economics, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Past projects, Prevention

A rapid review of evidence about interventions for cold homes occupied by older people.

Is caring for older people a social determinant of health?

by Web team (LB) | Jun 30, 2023 | Care, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Past projects, Prevention

Providing essential information to support future programmes to target interventions at the most vulnerable carers.

A systematic review finds a lack of consensus in methodological approaches in health inequality/inequity focused reviews

by Web team (DM) | Mar 20, 2023 | Healthy ageing, Inequality, Publications

Critically reviewing and analysing evidence synthesis articles using health inequality/inequity guidance to support their review.

Household wealth, neighbourhood deprivation and frailty amongst middle-aged and older adults in England: a longitudinal analysis over 15 years (2002-2017)

by Web team (DM) | Mar 9, 2023 | Frailty, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Publications

Determining the relationship between household wealth and neighbourhood deprivation with frailty status, independently of demographic factors, educational attainment and health behaviours.

A prospective analysis examining frailty remission and the association with future falls risk in older adults in England

by mdnmslw7 | Mar 9, 2023 | Falls, Frailty, Healthy ageing, Publications

Looking at frailty remission and future falls risk

Promoting sexual health in older adults

by Web team (LB) | Nov 29, 2022 | Healthy ageing, Past projects, Prevention

Providing an overview of existing evidence on sexual health needs and sexual health promotion in later life.

Projections of dependency and associated social care expenditure for the older population in England to 2038: effect of varying disability progression

by Web Team (CJ) | Jul 1, 2022 | Care, Disability, Economics, Healthy ageing, Publications

Assessing the effect of recent stalling of life expectancy and various scenarios for disability progression on projections of social care expenditure between 2018 and 2038.