The University of Edinburgh and Legal & General have announced a partnership to improve understanding of care in later life and to revolutionise how it is delivered.
The collaboration will launch the Advanced Care Research Centre, (ACRC), a seven-year multi-disciplinary research programme.
It will combine research across fields including medicine and other care professions, life sciences, engineering, informatics, data and social sciences.
The Centre will enable data-driven, personalised and affordable care that delivers independence, dignity and a high quality of life for people living in their own homes or in supported care environments.
Professor Peter MathiesonPrincipal of the University of Edinburgh “We are to host this ground-breaking collaboration with colleagues at Legal & General. This exceptional partnership will re-imagine care for the mid-21st century. As our population ages, so we need to develop innovative new approaches to provide individually-tailored care. This is the big challenge that the partners will address, bringing to bear pioneering research from the brightest academic minds across multiple disciplines to deliver creative and trusted solutions to solving real world problems.”
Dr Nigel WilsonGroup CEO of Legal & General “Establishing the ACRC will revolutionise the UK’s commitment to understanding and addressing the huge issue of demographic change – part of a global challenge with significant social and economic impacts. Edinburgh’s open-sourced, data-based and cross-disciplinary approach will deliver vital positive change to ageing and care and we find this a compelling and practical vision. The partnerships we are forging with premier institutions up and down the country, from the University of Oxford to Bath University and now Edinburgh will help shift the dial in the delivery of science, technology and ageing care for many future generations to come.”
