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01 March 2023

Need for a National Independent Living Strategy for our Ageing Population

Professor Roy Sandbach advocates for national independent living strategy for ageing population

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27 February 2023

HAC Research Excellence success

Paul Potter has been awarded a £20k Research Excellence Award for a collaborative project with Dr Karl Morten to screen anti-inflammatory peptides in models of age-related gut dysfunction, a factor in many age-related and chronic diseases.

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27 February 2023

More HAC Research Excellence success

Chiko Ncube was awarded a £7,629 Research Excellence Award.

Older woman in Gunhill, Harare

28 January 2023

Healthy Ageing & Care Network sponsors Global Forum on Sustainable Ageing

Lessons ageing societies around the world might learn from Japan, but also the very pressing challenges faced within Japan as it copes with its own ageing population.

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01 August 2022

Integration of fast-track home adaptation services with health and social care services

Breaking barriers for seamless care: Fast-track home adaptations integrated with health and social care services in Oxfordshire.

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25 February 2022

RIKE networks scoop the Brookes Research Excellence Award

Three RIKE Networks have been awarded the Brookes Research Excellence Award (22/23) for research titled: Ageing in Displacement: Improving older refugees’ experiences of migration and ageing in the UK.

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07 September 2021

Lessons from Covid-19 for the role of the voluntary sector in the NHS

The Healthy Ageing and Care network funded a pilot project in Oxfordshire

Lessons from Covid-19 for the role of the voluntary sector in the NHS