Health and Welfare
Sustainable Ageing
An ageing population presents a global societal challenge. Old age can be associated with increased risks of illness and functional impairments, leading to a greater need for healthcare, social care, and rehabilitation. At the same time, the working-age population is decreasing, which reduces tax revenues that fund Swedish welfare, thereby affecting healthcare and social services. Additionally, there is a growing shortage of healthcare personnel.
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The challenge is complex. Multiple interventions are needed to promote healthy and positive ageing, enabling older individuals to live independent, active, and secure lives. A key part of healthy ageing involves health-promoting and disease-preventive efforts, focusing on a healthy lifestyle and quality of life for older people.
Promoting health and quality of life among the ageing population can help delay or reduce future needs for healthcare and social services. The knowledge environment Sustainable Ageing addresses this societal challenge by focusing on older individuals today and in the future, both at the individual and societal levels. It involves working to ensure the health and well-being of older people, with a focus on the individual, and towards an inclusive and sustainable society for older persons.
What is a knowledge Environment?
Society faces major challenge, so complex that they can only be understood with knowledge and perspectives from many fields at once.
In a knowledge environment, different academic disciplines gather around a societal challenge and, through research and education in collaboration, contribute to a sustainable future.