Older People's Strategy - Newcastle City Council

127this area. Members have also been involved in the productionof a number of guides, including one on older people’sinvolvement in policy and planning, for Counsel and Care.Currently members are leading the ‘Years Ahead’ group for theNorth East on research for local agencies, and have just beenawarded funding to develop Master’s level modules ingerontology. Doctoral supervision includes studies of olderpeople leaving hospital, the experiences of older people withdiabetes, older people in Portuguese hospitals, and olderpeople with dementia.World Health OrganisationNewcastle is involved in two high-profile projects with theWorld Health Organisation (WHO) – on ‘healthy cities’ and‘age-friendly cities’. The Quality of Life Partnership andNewcastle Healthy City Project are working with the WHOon healthy ageing – looking at what makes a city healthy andhow cities can measure the health of their older population.The Institute for Ageing and Health is working with the WHOon ‘age-friendly’ cities, with the aim of sharing experienceand learning.