AAG Hot Topic 2026

The Disease Divide: Addressing Chronic Conditions and Health Inequity in Older Australians

This Hot Topic will shine a spotlight on how we can transform chronic disease prevention and management through equity-focused, age-inclusive, and community-informed approaches. Of course, this includes approaches to clinical care – but it’s also about tackling the environments and systems that shape health outcomes in later life.

This Hot Topic positions disease not only as a challenge of ageing, but as a lens to advance equity, inclusion, and systemic reform in health and ageing policy.