Anti-ageist language and images
The language we use about older people is incredibly powerful. Sadly, there are still so many ageist attitudes towards older …
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‘My experience at this year’s British Society of Gerontology’s annual conference’, by Francisca Ortiz, The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, University of Manchester.
I have previously presented some advance findings from my PhD thesis at the last BSG conference in Liverpool and the …
Blog on BSG Annual Conference 2021, University of Lancaster, by Professor Peter Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Psychogerontology, University of Southampton
I awaited the Lancaster conference with a mixture of emotions. I had long intended to be part of this 50th …
BSG 2021: Conference report from Miriam Bernard, Emeritus Professor of Gerontology, University of Keele
Bursary code to hand, I registered for the online conference not knowing quite what to expect. Unlike many colleagues, I …
Balancing religious freedoms, sexual orientation rights and gender identity protections in older age care
One of the major 21st century challenges for tolerance is balancing the rights of those with faith-based objections to lesbian, …
A MARRIAGE MADE IN RESEARCH HEAVEN
This blog is posted on behalf of one of our members, Paul Cann OBE. “More research is needed”: the eternal …
Ageing Issues 