Designing for an ageing society

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a free annual celebration of science and the arts in South Kensington.

Great Exhibition Road Festival

Explore the new medicines, new mindsets and new technologies that could revolutionise how we support health and wellbeing in later life

Imperial College London, Room G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building

Ours is an ageing population. By 2043 it is expected that 24% of the UK population will be over the age of 65. Health services and social care provisions need reforming and even redesigning to ensure this growing sector of our society live well throughout later life. Yet achieving this requires refocusing on, and engaging a sector of society that has all too often been left to feel marginalised, lumped together in broad boxes or simply ignored.Can the design community help our healthcare services meet this challenge by making the future of care tailored to their particular needs? Or even by challenging the basic assumptions that supporting old age is all about mitigating or delaying loss of function rather than maximising the quality of later life? At the Great Exhibition Road Festival we will bring together a panel of designers working in the healthcare space to discuss new medicine, new mindsets and new technologies that could revolutionise how we support health and wellbeing in later life. This event is part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival: Trailblazers.Please arrive 10 minutes before the event begins. If you arrive after this time, your ticket may be reallocated.<h2>Great Exhibition Road Festival: Trailblazers</h2>18-19 June 2022Join us in South Kensington this summer to enjoy a weekend of free events for all ages and celebrate trailblazing ideas in science and the arts. Enjoy hands-on workshops, fascinating talks, performances and installations from museums, research and culture organisations in South Kensington, including Imperial College London, the Natural History Museum, Royal College of Music, Science Museum, V&A and many more!Find out more about the Festival and see the full programme on the Festival website at <a href="https://www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk</a>.

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