About the project
The TRILL project addresses the impact of later life transitions (i.e. work exit, loss of health or functioning, loss of a spouse) on opportunities for ageing well across gender, socioeconomic position and local context.
Method
To achieve its objectives, the project draws upon large longitudinal aging studies, namely NorLAG and the Tromsø Study.
Additionally, data from national registers and qualitative interviews with older people themselves are utilized.
The analyses consist of three main steps:
- Unraveling potentially vulnerable transitions in later life.
- Investigating differential effects of transitions on wellbeing and functioning.
- Assessing how some older adults manage transitions in later life well, despite little socioeconomic resources throughout their lives (resilience).
Objective
The TRILL project contributes to addressing a gap in research on health inequality, which often overlooks the heterogeneity characterizing the aging population and the later stages of the life course.
Cooperation
TRILL is a collaboration between the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) at Akershus University Hospital, NOVA at OsloMet, the National Institute of Public Health and three leading institutes for ageing research in Europe.
Goals
By bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines such as gerontology, epidemiology, sociology, and psychology, the project fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and generates new knowledge at the intersection of health promotion, aging well and social health inequalities.
Ultimately, the project aims to place ageing and later life as a central concern in research and policy on stratification and inequality. In doing so, it will inform policies and interventions on the need for action in later life, in order to promote improved wellbeing, functioning and resilience in old age.
Financing
- The Research Council of Norway