Research

Building on the "age-friendly" concept developed by the World Health Organization's healthy aging framework, researchers are examining how eight principles can improve and enhance the quality of life as people age, particularly in support of older adults through active aging.

Researchers are also building on the age-friendly university principles to engage older adults through higher education, and build on intergenerational connections with students and the university community.

Researchers are studying how technology can be adapted to assist older adults in their everyday lives and maintain their independence by aging in place.

Researchers are studying the role of family and friends as caregivers for older adults, the amount and type of assistance they provide, and the effect of care giving on caregivers.

Researchers are studying chronic health problems, such as the prevalence of and risk factors for dementia, arthritis and factors related to depression.

Researchers are looking at how they can best support older adults to reduce the risk of falls by examining what causes people to fall and strategies older adults can employ to prevent falls.

Researchers are studying successful aging, self-care practices, substance abuse, nutrition and older adults' adjustments to changes in health.

Researchers are studying the relation between lifestyle factors, such as physical and leisure activity, health and well-being and age-friendly communities.

Researchers are studying health service use among older adults, such as nursing home use, hospital use, use of adult day care, rehabilitation and support services. Issues around end-of-life care are also being examined.

Researchers are studying supportive housing, home care supports for older adults and their caregivers in an individual's home, how to better design spaces in long term facilities and the housing needs of individuals with dementia.

Researchers are studying intergenerational differences in reactions to Hollywood melodramas, the role of older people in a historical context (priest's household in the Middle Ages) and active aging in early modern literature.

Researchers are studying advertising directed at older consumers and memory.

Researchers are studying medication-related problems experienced by older adults, the effectiveness of medication in the treatment of chronic health problems, the effect of consumer-oriented drug information and chemical processes underlying Alzheimer's Disease.

Researchers are studying the consequences of early brain damage to normal aging, the changes in memory function with advancing age, neuronal plasticity, as well as memory encoding/impairments after stroke, trauma and seizure activity.

Researchers are studying factors related to older adults' ability to drive and issues around pedestrian and road safety.

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