NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing | Healthy ageing Archives

Women’s Health

by Web team (LB) | Nov 1, 2021 | Healthy ageing, Inequality, Past projects, Prevention

A series of focus groups with women aged 65+ to understand their priorities for women’s health.

Only a call away: Reducing loneliness and social isolation in older people

by Web team (DM) | Sep 30, 2021 | Blogs, Healthy ageing, Mental health

Dr Lis Boulton assesses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on older people, and how they can be supported now and in the future.

Older people’s alcohol use during COVID-19

by Web team (LB) | Jul 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Healthy ageing, Past projects, Prevention

Exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic affected older people’s alcohol use, and how they can be supported to make healthier decisions about their drinking.

Healthy ageing for all? Comparisons of socioeconomic inequalities in health expectancies over two decades in the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II

by Web Team (CJ) | Jun 1, 2021 | Disability, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Life expectancy, Publications

Using longitudinal data to better understand trends in disability-free life expectancy and years independent by socioeconomic status, and how underlying transitions contribute.

Help and support to stay independent as we age: who is missing out?

by Web team (HR) | Apr 20, 2021 | Blogs, Care, Healthy ageing, Inequality

Exploring the importance of living independently in the home and community.

Frailty: can (and should) we measure it in younger populations?

by Web team (HR) | Mar 3, 2021 | Blogs, Frailty, Healthy ageing, Life expectancy

A look at whether the concept of frailty can be used with younger populations who are vulnerable because of long-term health problems.

Measuring frailty in younger populations: a rapid review of evidence

by Web Team (CJ) | Mar 1, 2021 | Frailty, Healthy ageing, Publications

Identifying how frailty is measured in younger populations, including evidence of the impact on patient outcomes and care.

Ageing without children

by Web team (LB) | Nov 1, 2020 | Care, Economics, Healthy ageing, Past projects, Prevention

This review sought to evaluate views of childlessness in the context of ageing.

Long term health conditions and later life disability

by Web team (LB) | Jul 1, 2020 | Disability, Healthy ageing, Long term conditions, Past projects, Prevention

Mapping the deeper drivers of deteriorating later-life quality to identify ways of reversing the current trend of extra-life years lived with disabilities.