Public EngagementAge old Problem or Greyt Opportunity

Professor Janet Lord

Medawar Centre for Healthy Ageing Research

Ensuring Old Age is Enjoyed and Not Endured

Changing demographics = Changing Public

More of these......... Less of these

The Birmingham 1000 Elders

•3000 members at its peak,

now 500 and increasing

•Get involved in research –

participation and planning

•Will act as a focus group or

OPRG

•Route to dissemination:

Agewell workshop and

newsletter + Specific study

feedback

Research for the Public and with the Public

The Birmingham 1000 Elders

•3000 members at its peak,

now 500 and increasing

•Get involved in research –

participation and planning

•Will act as a focus group or

OPRG

•Route to dissemination:

Agewell workshop and

newsletter + Specific study

feedback

Communicating our Research and Data