Medit Ageing
Minerva is responsible for leading all communication and dissemination activity for the EC-funded Medit-Ageing project – a 5-year scientific research study investigating mental health and well-being in the ageing population.
As age increases, so does the incidence of mental health problems such as later-life depression, sleep disturbances and dementia. These conditions are often chronic and put huge pressure on patients’ quality of life, on their caregivers, and society as a whole. Finding an effective way to tackle the issues, Medit-Ageing has the potential to deliver real, long-lasting health benefits for all.
The project – which has consortium partners in France, UK, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Switzerland – will investigate the effectiveness of a variety of interventions on healthy ageing, with a key focus on mental health and well-being including Alzheimer’s disease and its mechanisms. Researchers will conduct clinical trials involving patients with existing subjective cognitive decline, expert meditators and participants from the general public over the age of 65.
