So Why Should We Care About Age, Appearance, and Beauty?
Baby Boomers, Age and Beauty begins with this anecdote: My dinner companion looked up from her plate and questioned why …
Category Archives: Ageing Bodies
Dress, age and men
Dress, age and men – not subjects that have an obvious affinity. But I think they reveal important things about …
Final reminder: Abstract deadline (24th January) for the 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Manchester, 4th – 6th July 2018
Present a paper, poster or symposium at the 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology in Manchester, UK, 4th …
A dose of realism – Achieving continence for care home residents living with dementia
Incontinence, particularly faecal incontinence (FI) is distressing, humiliating and potentially stigmatising for any adult and managing another adult’s excrement can …
‘Understanding the Lives of Older People with Vision Impairment’ (VI).
A blog for the small event held at the Thomas Pocklington Trust on May 9th 2017 and co-funded by the …
Ageing, Physical Activity , Recreation and Wellbeing. Humberstone & Konstantaki (eds.)(2016)
The launch of the book was held on Wednesday 5th October New book raises awareness of ways to healthy ageing …
Re-Imagining the Ageing Body with Alex Rotas
Image: Hildegund Buerkle, born 1934 Images can provide a powerful way to challenge the way we, as a society, perceive the …
No one is getting out of here alive.
“…I feel so extraordinary Something’s got a hold on me I get this feeling I’m in motion A sudden sense …
Making the Case for the Social Sciences: No.11. Dementia
The mission of the Academy of Social Sciences is to ‘promote social science in the UK for the public benefit’ …
‘Ageing: the bigger picture’ features in BBC News
British Society of Gerontology & Photocrowd are delighted that the BBC is featuring the winners of its recent photo competition, …
