New Aussie National Academic Centre to help ensure healthy ageing

Research into issues affecting older Australians has taken another step forward with the new national academic centre at Frankston Hospital which will house the National Centre for Healthy Ageing opening its doors. Through a partnership between the government, Peninsula

Health and Monash University, the academic centre will work towards transforming health service development, implementation, research and evaluation for older people, as well as those with addiction and mental health issues. One of the key research points of the centre will be to explore new and innovative ways to harness technology and data to help senior Australians remain independent. The Centre will deliver better ways to care for elderly Australians, with successful models then able to be rolled out nationally. The government has invested $32 million in the healthy ageing component of the centre, delivered through the $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Programme. Supported by stateof-the-art ‘living labs’ for research activities and the latest technology, the new centre will help deliver the government’s commitment to ensuring all Australians can access quality healthcare, when and where they need it.