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The Institut de l'Envelliment of the UAB (IE-UAB) is a non-profit foundation promoted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Fundació Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Agrupació Mútua del Comerç i de la Indústria.

The mission of the Institut de l'Envelliment is to improve knowledge of different aspects related to aging with the aim of enhancing the quality of life of older people and promoting actions to contribute to contribute to adapt the society and people to challenges of the demographic changes. The Institut de l'Envelliment has set the following strategic objectives:

• To support and conduct applied research on aging: active aging, state of health of older people, the social and environmental determinant factors, maintenance of functional autonomy, dependence, etc
• To encourage the transfer of knowledge to the economic, social and political institutions and to the elderly people organizations in order to adapt all services to the needs and preferences of older people.
• To assess health and social policies on aging and to give advice in order to improve them.
• To analyse, assess and advise on care, health and social services for older people.
• To create an interdisciplinary forum on aging for institutions and professionals.
• To offer specialized training and information on aging, specially aimed at professionals devoted to caring for older people.
• To disseminate recommendations to the public in order to promote active aging
• To promote the participation of the elderly in the deployment of these obejctives.
• To create a participation space for the elderly.