A Framework to Support Ageing Well in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area

As with all ageing populations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples seek to age well by remaining active, healthy, and independent for as long as possible3. Around the world people – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples – are living longer4, however increased longevity does not always equate to prolonged good health5. The Health Ageing Research Team (HART) has been working with Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) communities to develop strategies that can foster healthy ageing. This can then enable people to maintain their cultural, physical, cognitive, and social, functional ability into older age, allowing them to remain living at home and within their communities. The Ageing Well Framework was developed through yarning with four Torres Strait Island communities and two NPA communities and working in partnership with five Primary Health Care Centres, to produce strategies and recommendations that support people and communities to age well.