Healthy ageing and care

FUTURE THINKERS

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About us

Demographic trends in global ageing are changing rapidly. 

In 2018, for the first time in history, people aged 65 years or above outnumbered children aged under five. There are huge opportunities and challenges which, as a society, we are only just beginning to understand and explore. 

Our researchers are working across disciplines and with our partners from communities, business and the public sector. 

Our work includes: addressing health and social care ageing issues, designing appropriate living and working spaces, developing policies to accommodate an ageing workforce, and exploring changes in the arts and culture.

Mission

Building a collaborative, interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange hub to better understand the challenges and opportunities for healthy ageing and care, and to support people as they age.

Vision

Enhancing lives through innovative research on healthy ageing and care.


Professor Fabio Cuzzolin

Network Steering Group Member

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Alice Walker

Steering Group members/PhD Student

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Fiona Matley

Steering Group members/PhD Student


News

HAC steering group member Margaret Simpson

01 February 2024

HAC Steering Group Member awarded MBE

We are delighted to announce that Margaret Simpson, a longstanding member of the Healthy Ageing and Care (HAC) Network Steering Group and Public Advisory Group was awarded an MBE in the New Year's honours for services to the community.

Join the network

Join the network as a member of staff or student

Who can join?

  • Academic staff, including Early Career Researchers
  • Professional services staff
  • Research students, including PhD and Masters students

Benefits for staff and students:

  • Come to networking events including research development sandpits
  • Get involved in external funding bids co-ordinated by the network
  • Make links to people with the expertise you need for your research projects
  • Receive regular bulletins with news of all the above, external funding opportunities and the latest from the wider world of healthy ageing and care.


Join the network as an external partner

Work with us and join the HAC external partner network. Sign up to our network of external partners and receive updates on the Healthy Ageing and Care network. If you are based outside Oxford Brookes University and are interested to work with the Healthy Ageing and Care network on a specific project, or would like to talk through any proposals or questions, please contact us via the email healthyageing@brookes.ac.uk.

Work with the network

Are you interested in collaborating with us? Are you seeking an expert to consult? Or looking for a guest speaker on an aspect of healthy ageing and care? Would you like to find out more about the network or any of our projects? If so please get in touch with us using healthyageing@brookes.ac.uk.

We have expertise in the following broad areas:

  • Physical activity
  • Rehabilitation
  • Cancer care
  • Built environment - including buildings, environment, mobility
  • Nutrition
  • Ageing workforce
  • Digital health

We also work closely with the Institute of Public Care (IPC) who provide applied research and evaluation, consultancy, and training to help NHS trusts, government bodies, councils, charities and commercial organisations make a positive impact on people’s health and wellbeing.

Contact us

Healthy ageing and care network

healthyageing@brookes.ac.uk

Media enquiries

pr@brookes.ac.uk