Teasing the easing of the Care Act 2014: Transparent legal protection or hidden unmet need?
“Carers already play a vital role in the care and support system and their contribution during this emergency period will …
Category Archives: Dementia
Research with family carers of people living with dementia: recruiting during the pandemic
Study Team 1 Dr Jayne Astbury, Research Associate, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Older People and Frailty Policy Research …
BSG2020 British Society of Gerontology Online series: Full details for events 1st – 3rd July 2020 and ERA event 30th June and 1st July
The BSG2020 Online Events series is fast approaching, and we are delighted to confirm the full details for what is …
Pottery 4 Dementia goes virtual!
As part of Creativity & Wellbeing Week 2020: Positive Futures (18-24 May) the BSG Creative Ageing SIG are posting some …
A world turned upside down: Responding creatively to Covid-19
As part of Creativity & Wellbeing Week 2020: Positive Futures (18-24 May) the BSG Creative Ageing Special Interest Group are …
Creative Connections: How Arts Therapists are adapting to support older adults during Covid-19
As part of Creativity & Wellbeing Week 2020: Positive Futures (18-24 May) the BSG Creative Ageing SIG are posting some …
Sheila Peace; response to ‘care homes: don’t leave them to die’.
(Sheila Peace, Emeritus Professor of Social Care, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University). Today’s Evening Standard …
Covid-19 and the crisis in residential and nursing home care
Posted by Chris Phillipson, Manchester Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Ageing (MICRA) Can society be trusted to run care homes? …
Co-creativity and Dementia: a development day for artists.
In recent years, use of the term co-creativity seems to be steadily growing – this despite the fact that it …
Creative Ageing Practice: Hear and Now
In the first of the BSG Creative Ageing SIG’s series on creative ageing in practice, Stuart Bruce (Senior Creative Producer …
Ageing Issues 