Event Details

This one day event will showcase work from Lancaster University’s Centre for Ageing researchers and partners, touching on themes such as digital innovation in new and into existing housing, alternative housing choices, neighbourhoods that are supportive for people with dementia, out of home mobility, active ageing and staying connected, and intergenerational projects.

Many of us expect to stay in our current home as we age, while others envisage moving to somewhere that may suit us better, perhaps to be near family, to live in a beautiful rural area we’ve always loved, or to a home more suited to our lifestyle or needs. We may move because we want to downsize (or “rightsize”), need to give up driving, or potentially need some support. We may also care for people living with impairments such as dementia, mobility or sensory difficulties and recognise that our local communities, neighbourhoods and towns could develop in ways that would make them more “age friendly” and in which the different generations could mix better.

Timed to coincide with the development of the Health Innovation Campus (HIC) in Bailrigg, and Healthy New Towns like Whyndyke Garden Village, the event will feature talks from researchers and linked non-academic organisations who are using new community models and technologies to support healthy ageing. There will also be a showcase with further information and some examples for you to explore. Come and discover what the future holds, and explore ways to get involved yourself.

Confirmed Speakers:Robin Kearns: Older people and community in islands, older renters

Mark Levine: STRETCH: technology enhanced circles of support for older people with co-morbid health conditions

AgeUK Exeter: New Technologies to support the “circles of support”

Niall Hayes: Accessible Digital Service for Older Adults

Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia: ‘The benefits of mutuality: women, ageing and health in the Older Women’s Cohousing Group’

Lancaster Cohousing Resident: ‘Ageing better together? Experiences from Lancaster Co-Housing’

Caroline Swarbrick: Dementia Neighbourhoods study and Open Doors: Stories from a very different Salford

Shirley Hall: ExtraCare retirement villages and inter-generational work

Carol Holland: Health, Wellbeing and Resilience study in Retirement villages

Andrew Clark and Sarah Campbell: Why neighbourhoods matter to people living with dementia

Joe Oldman: AgeUK Senior Policy Adviser on Housing and Communities