Present a paper, poster or symposium at the 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology in Manchester, UK, 4th …
Incontinence, particularly faecal incontinence (FI) is distressing, humiliating and potentially stigmatising for any adult and managing another adult’s excrement can …
by Katharine Orellana at the Institute of Gerontology and Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London. This blog …
There is a consensus that older people ideally want to remain in their own homes, with support if necessary, for …
Here in the UK we are becoming more familiar with dementia. There are television adverts alerting us that dementia can …
At Chapter Arts Centre on 17 May 2017 Louise Osborn facilitated an intense and rewarding three hour session addressing dementia.
This blog reflects on excerpts of the Do Not Go Gentle play performed by Everyman Theatre and which was combined with workshops and discussions with a group of attendees.
This blog explores three ideas: (1) the power of the arts to explore complicated social issues such as dementia; (2) understanding that generation groups experience society differently and (3) that we need to engage more deeply with the politics of care.
Social care is consistently a topic of public and policy debate. This was very evident during the Westminster election campaign …
On Friday 16th June a group of carers, policy makers, and researchers joined together to celebrate National Carers Week at …
So often grand-parenting is presented as a fun and fickle leisure activity of wealthy Baby Boomers. For many grand-parents, the …
It was with interest and a little yelling at the TV screen that I watched the second series of BBCs …
