Ageing Well
Our vision
Empowering people to age well.
Our aim
To develop the evidence base to support people to age well across the life course.
Ageing well is conceptualised as functional ability, which is the interaction between individual capacity (physical, mental, psychological, social) and environment (physical, social, policy).
We focus on the realities of ageing, recognising that it is not an illness. Our work seeks to reduce limitations in the broadest sense, irrespective of health, conditions and co-morbidities.
We emphasise maximising potential, quality of life, participation and well-being, not just longevity.
Our pillars focus on:
1. Research using behavioural and lifestyle interventions to develop skills and assets across the life course
2. Research to understand and reduce the impact of ‘geriatric giants’
3. Developing approaches to measuring factors which impact on quality of life and participation.
We combine multiple disciplinary perspectives and multi-method expertise to answer research questions of importance in supporting individuals and communities to age well.
Current research programmes and projects are detailed under each of the hub pages.
Contact information
Research Group Leads
The Ageing Well research group is led jointly by Professor Dawn Skelton and Professor Suzanne Hagen along with deputy lead Dr Joanna McParland:
Professor Dawn Skelton
Email: Dawn.Skelton@gcu.ac.uk
Professor Suzanne Hagen
Email: S.Hagen@gcu.ac.uk
Dr Joanna McParland
Email: J.McParland@gcu.ac.uk
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