Aged Care Insite Issue 103 | Oct-Nov 2017 | Page 10

news Population problems New university centre will focus on finding solutions for ageing populations. A new facility established by Torrens University aims to tackle the key challenges facing Australia’s ageing population. The Torrens University Centre of Positive Ageing and Wellbeing was created to find solutions to problems facing the elderly, including mobility, isolation and loneliness, marriage and changing spousal relationships, workforce participation, crime and the aged, and sexual health. Vice chancellor Professor Justin Beilby said the centre’s key focus would be addressing how society perceives and promotes positive ageing and wellbeing. “Our research at the centre and across the univers