Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHSNorthumbria University researchers to lead study on older people
Researchers from Northumbria University are to lead a pioneering network studying the health and wellbeing of older people.
The Collaborative Development Network will bring together experts from the fields of health, social science, psychology and maths to help shape the long-term provision of health and social care services for older people across the UK.
The network has been awarded £50,000 by the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Cross-Council initiative – part of the Medical Research Council - to establish multi-disciplinary partnerships focusing on some of the major issues affecting older people.
Charlotte Clarke, associate dean of the school of health, community and education at Northumbria University, said: ‘Society today is often guilty of focusing on older people as a problem instead of concentrating on what people can offer to society and how to develop ways of managing.
‘This exciting new network is taking a completely different approach by identifying those aspects of the social, psychological and physical environment that enable an older person to use their own skills and abilities to the best effect,’ she added.
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