Healthredesigned

We may be living longer, but that doesn’t mean we’re ageing well. Thanks to medical advancements, people now have longer life expectancies, albeit living with more medical conditions. In the UK, the average 75-year old has seven conditions. As the ageing population grows, there is an increasing need for senior adults to be able to live at home without resorting to social care. Besides easing financial pressure for government healthcare systems like the UK’s National Healthcare System (NHS), the majority of elderly people do not want to live in formal care—90% of older people surveyed by the NHS prefer to stay at home. Supporting the older population in ageing at home also means designing user-friendly products that improve their quality of life and help them stay independent and safe. But how do we make that happen? In this episode of HeathRedesigned, we chat with Eric Kihlstrom, the UK ambassador of Aging2.0, a global volunteer network that supports innovators and entrepreneurs who are taking on the challeng