BSG Small Events Grant: Human Rights of Older Persons Networking Conference
The gaps in human rights protection for older people are of international concern, with the need for collaborative action between …
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Dr Naomi Woodspring: An Appreciation
Dr Robin Means, Dr Sukey Parnell Johnson & Dr Margaret Page As the three of us let friends and former …
Bill Hamilton and Modern Medicine
Reflections of his 87-year-old sister in ‘Lock-down’ – and after Covid and Biology – Mary Bliss If this epidemic had …
BSG Care Homes Research Special Interest Group Winter Symposium
Wednesday 22nd February, 12.00 – 2.00 (online): ‘Supporting Resilience and Wellbeing amongst Care Home Staff’ The BSG Care Homes Research …
Reflection on the BSG conference 2022 from Wendy Twist
First of all, an embarrassed apology for the lateness of this reflection on the BSG conference 2022. In my defence, …
BSG2022 Conference Report from Anne Jamieson, Reader Emerita, Birkbeck, University of London
Thank you to the BSG for granting me a bursary to take part in this year’s conference. It was an …
BSG 2022: Conference report from Robin Webster 
As ever, this BSG conference was a feast of valuable information, interesting ideas and a compelling spur to further reading …
Home adaptations and disability outcomes among older adults living in England
Guest blog by Tarani Chandola and Patrick Rouxel The news that Care & Repair England closed in May this year …
The BSG Averil Osborn Award for Participatory Research: 2021 Call for Applications
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2021 The Averil Osborn Award seeks to promote and support work which enhances the …
Intersectionality and the Life Course
Daniel Holman and Alan Walker It is axiomatic that the life course perspective is fundamental to understanding unequal ageing. People …
Ageing Issues 