Full Description
Available open access digitally under CC-BY 4.0.
This book shares insights from the Healthy Ageing Challenge, bringing research, business, policy and practice together to create age-friendly homes, workplaces and communities.
Spanning co-design with older people, business collaboration and innovations in design, work, housing, culture and health, it explores the real-world impact of ageing research and the opportunities for business in developing an ageing market.
From age-friendly homes to climate-resilient communities, the book provides a rich evidence base for healthier, more connected lives.
Contents
Foreword - Cynthia Bullock
1. Introduction to Challenges and Opportunities for an Ageing Society - Judith Phillips, George MacGinnis and Elaine Douglas
2. Coproducing Research with People with Lived Experience - Elaine Douglas and Cate Pemble
3. Towards 'Design Gerontology': Learning from the SBDRP Programme - Helen Manchester and Sarah Kettley
4. Academic-Business Collaboration: Multiple Viewpoints in a Complex Landscape - Lucy Gresley, George MacGinnis and Huw Vasey
5. Supporting Environments for Physical and Social Activity, Healthy Ageing and Cognitive Health (SPACE) - Ruth Hunter and the SPACE Team
6. Global Environments of Ageing: Towards Co-Designing Climate Resilient Environments and Communities for Ageing Well - Merryn Thomas, Ryan Woolrych and Teams
7. Community Environments of Ageing: Hospitality and Retail Environments - Lorna Wang and Ailsa Forbes
8. Individual Environments of Ageing: Hearing Loss - Emma Richards and Andrea Tales and Team
9. Sustainability in Cognitively Supportive Home Design: Insights from Research on Designing Homes for Healthy Cognitive Ageing (DesHCA) - Alison Bowes and the DesHCA Team
10. Supporting Healthy Ageing at Work: Improving the Experience of Mid-Later Life Working and Beyond - Wendy Loretto and the SHAW Team
11. Healthier Working Lives: Codesigning Initiatives to Support Ageing Residential Care Workers - Linda McKie and the HWL Team
12. Connecting Through Culture as We Age: Beyond 'Social' Connection for Healthy Ageing - Tot Foster, Helen Manchester and Alice Willatt
13. Innovation in the Outdoor Visitor Economy: Towards Inclusivity for People Living with Dementia - Linda Clare, Joanne Connell and Stephen J Page
14. Intergenerational Connectivity for Promoting Health and Well-Being Across Ages, Places and Spaces - Catherine Hagan Hennessy and the Team
15. Research and Innovation in the Healthy Ageing Domain: Understanding a Complex Ecosystem - Jen Nelles, Lauren Tuckerman and Nadeen Purna
16. Reflections of a Multi-Disciplinary Challenge Research Programme - Judith Phillips and Elaine Douglas
17. Conclusion: Future Directions for Research and Innovation in Healthy Ageing - Judith Phillips
