Ageing and health systems

Program overview:

The number of older people globally is growing rapidly, yet many national health systems remain unprepared to meet their needs. A driving factor is that governments do not have adequate evidence to guide the design and delivery of appropriate health and social care services for older adults. The Ageing and Health Systems Program aims to produce new evidence to inform effective national and local health system responses to population ageing. The program includes applied policy studies and implementation research, embedding participatory co-design and priority setting methodologies to maximize translational impact.

Program objectives:

The overarching objectives of this program are to:

• Conduct participatory assessments of healthy ageing policy, program and service priorities to inform an effective health system response to population ageing.
• Harness the capacity of population health data to identify priority populations and opportunities to deliver early preventive interventions within primary health care.
• Apply implementation science methods to co-design and evaluate health system interventions to support integrated care for older adults.