KESpine
UK Spine Knowledge Exchange
Aims to improve health in old age by accelerating the development of new and affordable therapies which overcome the generic processes driving ageing and age-related diseases.
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Our task is to act as a Global Observatory and the National focal point and catalyst for research and innovation by companies, universities, research and development centres. It is a tangible collective of UK and Global Intelligence around ageing and longevity, which we are committed to identifying, collating, and sharing.
RICE
Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE)
Research at RICE covers a wide variety of areas and is intended to advance the knowledge and treatment of the more serious conditions affecting older people, in particular Alzheimer’s diseases and other forms of dementia, and to improve their quality of life.
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Centre for Housing Policy – University of York
Well-known for its work on support to enable older people to remain in their existing homes, sheltered housing, extra care housing, older home owners, mobile homes as retirement housing, and 'lifetime neighbourhoods' which support residents at every life stage.
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Institute of Digital Healthcare – University of Warwick
The Institute aims to improve people’s health and wellbeing through the use of innovative digital technologies and services. IDH is developing advanced but affordable in-home technologies to help older people to maintain their independence, without needing to retrofit their home.
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Institute of Healthy Ageing (UCL)
Its main purpose is to bring together researchers working on the biology of ageing (biogerontology) with those working to understand the causes of ageing-related disease. Its goal is to improve the health and quality of life for older people.
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Cognitive Analytics Research Lab (CARL) – Ulster University
Cutting-edge cognitive analytics research centre bringing together businesses, government and advanced research. Areas of industrial and commercial research include Health and the cognitive performance associated with ageing and age related disease.
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Centre for Innovative Ageing – Swansea University
Puts a positive view of ageing and older people at the core of its business, and through transformative research, the Centre ensures care, well-being and quality of life are underpinned by the latest in original, innovative ideas.
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Neurodegenerative Disease and Ageing Research Centre – University of Sussex
It aims to find cures for neurodegenerative diseases and markers of the disease for early diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. The Centre brings together scientists with diverse expertise to form a collaborative environment.
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Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG) – University of Surrey
Its research examines how gender differences in the earlier life course, in terms of paid work, family, housing and social relationships, influence the ability of people to live fulfilling and socially engaged lives.
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Centre for Research on Ageing – University of Southampton
International and multi-disciplinary research centre examining key issues in ageing and informing policy and debate at the national and local level.
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Salford Institute of Dementia – University of Salford
Conducts research into living well with dementia. The Institute designs dementia-friendly buildings, gardens, urban spaces and transport networks where those with the condition and their carers can live with meaning and purpose.
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Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA)
The study has three main aims, explore why and how certain social, economic and biological factors are changing the lives of older people; to understand how health, lifestyle, financial circumstances and wellbeing change with age; to understand what it is like to grow older in Ireland.
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