Older people doing some light exercise outside

Centre for Healthy Ageing Innovation (CHAI)

Healthier longer lives.

About CHAI

UQ Centre for Healthy Ageing Innovation (CHAI) brings together an outstanding multidisciplinary team who are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of older people, their families and the broader community.

Our vision is to create innovative ways to improve the lives of older people and rapidly translate these innovations into practice in health services, aged care and the wider community.

With the global population rapidly ageing, promoting the wellbeing and independence of older people is an international priority. Within CHAI, we take a systems approach to ageing across research programs that foregrounds physical, psychological and social accessibility. CHAI is an Australia focused – but globally relevant – centre designed to meet the needs of an ageing population.

Healthspan

Optimising functional capacity and wellbeing in healthy older people, reducing their risks of developing clinical illness and extending their health span and independence, and enabling communities to respond to population ageing in innovative and inclusive ways.

Lifespan

Improving the quality of life of older people diagnosed with clinical illness, as well as that of their care partners, while supporting independent living, and easing the economic and workforce pressures on health and aged care systems.