Beyond 50:
Supporting vulnerable populations to maintain healthy lifestyles

The challenge

Australia's 'baby boomer' generation exhibits riskier drinking patterns than younger cohorts. In Victoria, alcohol-related hospitalisations for those over 65 have tripled in the past decade. This study of 1,059 people aged 50-70 years in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula area is examining how social isolation, loneliness, health challenges, and retirement concerns may be driving these risky behaviours.

Our impact

• Developing positive ageing strategies and practices, such as lifestyle interventions and social prescribing, to facilitate healthier mid-life transitions.
• Informing how the experience of ageing interacts with mental and physical health and substance use for older Australians.
• Providing critical new knowledge of protective and risk factors during critical life transition risk periods.

Project lead

Professor Suzanne Nielsen, Deputy Director at the Monash Addiction Research Centre leads the research team.

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Project resources & knowledge

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Project team members – Beyond 50: Supporting vulnerable populations to maintain healthy lifestyles

Key project information

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For further information please contact Suzanne at beyond50@monash.edu

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