Nelles Jen, Tuckerman Lauren, Purna Nadeen, Phillips Judith, Vorley Tim
Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Cottrell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
J Aging Soc Policy. 2024 Aug 1:1-16. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2024.2384176.
Tackling the issue of healthy aging in society is complex. It requires an interdisciplinary perspective and different forms of innovation. This article provides a commentary on the role of innovation policy in addressing healthy aging, particularly in the UK context. We argue that the wide range of economic activities related to healthy aging is part of a hybrid domain rather than a single sector. This represents a new generation of innovation policy for healthy aging which prioritizes understanding how different actors can be connected to support a spectrum of types of innovation which will contribute to providing better goods, services, and practices for older people. We explore social innovation as it relates to hybrid domains such as healthy aging and discuss the role of place in creating policy which generates both societal and market value. We recommend that policymakers use these concepts to build a better understanding of the economies that are evolving around healthy aging and where opportunities exist to better conceptualize, connect, and support actors, initiatives, and places to optimize economic potential and social outcomes.
解决社会中的健康老龄化问题是复杂的。这需要跨学科的视角和不同形式的创新。本文对创新政策在应对健康老龄化方面的作用进行了评论，特别是在英国的背景下。我们认为，与健康老龄化相关的广泛经济活动是一个混合领域的一部分，而不是单一部门。这代表了新一代的健康老龄化创新政策，其优先考虑理解不同行为者如何相互联系，以支持一系列有助于为老年人提供更好的商品、服务和实践的创新类型。我们探讨了与健康老龄化等混合领域相关的社会创新，并讨论了场所（place）在制定既能产生社会价值又能产生市场价值的政策方面的作用。我们建议政策制定者利用这些概念，更好地理解围绕健康老龄化发展的经济，以及在哪些方面存在机会，以便更好地概念化、联系和支持行为者、倡议和场所，从而优化经济潜力和社会成果。
