Health and Digital Technology
The Healthy Later Living Network aims to promote digital inclusion and harness the benefits of technology for health and wellbeing.
Healthy Later Living Network
An interdisciplinary research network of leading academics, helping people remain independent, productive, active and socially connected for longer.
Our expertise
Zoom in to find out more about our multi-disciplinary Healthy Later Living expertise or see our webpages below.
You can also contact our team of experts to get involved.
Our research themes
The Healthy Later Living Network has expertise in Health and Digital Technology; Health, Independence and Mobility; and Health, Community and Place.
Health, Independence and Mobility
The Healthy Later Living Network aims to improve people's quality of life by helping older adults maintain their health, mobility and independence for longer.
Health, Community and Place
The Healthy Later Living Network recognises the importance of social connections and community for maintaining health and wellbeing in later life.
Collaborate with us
There are many ways you can get involved with the Healthy Later Living network:
- join our mailing list
- contribute to our newsletter
- attend network meetings and events
- research projects
- consultancy
- joint PhDs
- student placements and projects
- evaluation
News from the Network
Building partnerships, developing our knowledge, listening to our community - find out what’s been happening at the University of Bath and the impact of its research.
Pioneering EEG test could dramatically increase early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
A two-minute passive-test that measures people’s brain waves in response to a series of images, 'Fastball EEG', could help expand early dementia diagnosis.
Social work guidance to protect adults living with dementia from abuse
New guidance, authored by Dr Jeremy Dixon for the Department of Health & Social Care, aims to improve supported decision-making for adults with dementia.
Virtual Reality could help improve balance in older people
Researchers at CAMERA are investigating VR technology to help improve balance and prevent falls.
The Centre for Analysis of Social Policy mark a new dawn of public engagement with Policy Labs
Policy Labs will aim to look at and solve social policy issues in a new way by communicating with users over a long period of time.
'Earswitch' could allow people with neurological conditions to communicate using a hidden ear muscle
The revolutionary device being developed by a GP with researchers at Bath could offer fresh hope for people with conditions such as Motor Neurone Disease.
Blogs
Latest blog posts from the Healthy Later Living Network
Blog: Making space for conversations with the Listening Project
A blog post from the Network on holding conversations with older adults across BANES to discuss how they look after their mental and physical health.
Blog: Intergenerational engagement in research and teaching
A student blog post from the Department for Health on joining a Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) to challenge stereotypes and promote positive ageing.
Events
Latest events from the Healthy Later Living Network
Healthy Later Living meeting - 25 January
25 Jan 2022 2.00pm
Online
This Healthy Later Living Network meeting is being led by the Centre for Death and Society, including presentations from researchers followed by Q&As.
About us
The Network brings together a broad range of partners from health, social care, education, housing and academic disciplines spanning engineering and design, architecture, computer science, the biological sciences and the social sciences, including psychology, education and economics.
Contact us
Get in touch virtually or in person, we have a team of partnership managers waiting to hear from you to work with you and our team of academic experts.