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IMPROVING LATER LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE OLDEST OLD
11 March 2013
IMPROVING LATER LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE OLDEST OLD
11 March 2013
#improvinglaterlife
IMPROVING LATER LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE OLDEST OLD
11 March 2013
IMPROVING LATER LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE OLDEST OLD
11 March 2013Meeting Aims
To begin to frame a new policy discourse on advanced old age
To identify the key areas for action
To disseminate new research findings and development work
To identify gaps in knowledge for future research
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH
PROGRAMME
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH
PROGRAMME
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
The NDA is a multidisciplinary research collaboration to both investigate the new dynamics of ageing and the various influences shaping them; and to show how their consequences can be managed to achieve the maximum benefits for older people and society
ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC, AHRC Budget = £22 million 2005 – 2013 35 projects, 136 senior researchers, 42 post docs, 29 PhDs 128 others e.g. Advisory, partners, admin teams
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
Generate new knowledge: life course influences, changes and increasing diversity in meaning and experience of ageing
To encourage and support the development of new multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives on ageing
To encourage comparative research and provide new opportunities for UK science to link with other countries
To support a new generation of multidisciplinary researchers To provide a sound evidence base for policy, practice and
product development so that research contributes to well-being and quality of life
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
1. Ageing Well Across the Life course
i) Active Ageingii) Autonomy and Independenceiii) Later Life Transitionsiv) The Oldest Old
2. Ageing and its Environments
i) Resources for Ageingii) Locality, Place and Participationiii) The Built and Technological Environmentsiv) The Global Dynamics of Ageing
RESEARCH THEMES
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
THE OLDEST OLDTHE OLDEST OLD
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
Source: ONS
PROJECTED NUMBER OF CENTENARIANS IN THE UKPROJECTED NUMBER OF
CENTENARIANS IN THE UK
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
THE OLDEST OLD MAN IN THE WORLDTHE OLDEST OLD MAN IN THE WORLD
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
Jiroemon Kimura - 115 years & 258 days old
STEREOTYPES OF THE OLDEST OLDSTEREOTYPES OF THE OLDEST OLD
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
Frail Dependent Poor Lonely In care / nursing homes
STEREOTYPE OF THE YOUNG OLDSTEREOTYPE OF THE YOUNG OLD
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
HETEROGENEITY IN LATER LIFEHETEROGENEITY IN LATER LIFE
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
TOWARDS A NEW NARRATIVE OF LATER LIFE
TOWARDS A NEW NARRATIVE OF LATER LIFE
Improving Later Life: Understanding The Oldest Old, 76 Portland Place, London, 11 March 2013
Heterogeneity and Unequal Ageing Preventing (Further) Loss of Function Maintaining Autonomy Inclusion Rather Than Exclusion Respect and DignityEmpowerment
IMPROVING LATER LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE OLDEST OLD
11 March 2013
IMPROVING LATER LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE OLDEST OLD
11 March 2013
#improvinglaterlife