News: Frailty
Healthy Ageing/Vulnerable ENvironment index (HAVEN)
![Haven Map colour cioded to show levels of vulnerability according to the haven index.](/frailty-healthy-ageing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-03/haven-ageing-in-place-figure-a.jpg?h=b9c42095&itok=0CeAA1y9)
Health geographer Dr Danielle Taylor, Prof Renuka Visvanathan and the team have developed a novel scale called Healthy Ageing/Vulnerable ENvironment index (HAVEN) index to evaluate how complex aspects of neighbourhood environments can influence the health and wellbeing of older people.
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Tackling frailty in ageing
![Professor Renuka Visvanathan](/frailty-healthy-ageing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-02/professor-renuka-visvanathan.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=qqcPEHqR)
Prof Renuka Visvanathan features in a new video for Health & Medical Sciences