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Teasing the easing of the Care Act 2014: Transparent legal protection or hidden unmet need?

January 21, 2022

“Carers already play a vital role in the care and support system and their contribution during this emergency period will …

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Research with family carers of people living with dementia: recruiting during the pandemic

November 13, 2021

Study Team 1 Dr Jayne Astbury, Research Associate, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Older People and Frailty Policy Research …

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Being a grandparent and depression: how does it differ across England, Europe and China?

September 29, 2021

Approximately one billion people in the world’s population are grandparents. As people live longer, healthier lives, grandparenting has become more and …

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Lockdown 2.0: Gunpowder Plot, Digital Christmas, Sex and Relationships

November 2, 2020

Hannah R. Marston1 & Deborah J. Morgan2 1Research Fellow, Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, The Open University, Milton Keynes, …

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A world turned upside down: Responding creatively to Covid-19

May 20, 2020

As part of Creativity & Wellbeing Week 2020: Positive Futures (18-24 May) the BSG Creative Ageing Special Interest Group are …

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Sheila Peace; response to ‘care homes: don’t leave them to die’.

April 17, 2020

(Sheila Peace, Emeritus Professor of Social Care, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University). Today’s Evening Standard …

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Covid-19 and the crisis in residential and nursing home care

April 8, 2020

Posted by Chris Phillipson, Manchester Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Ageing (MICRA) Can society be trusted to run care homes? …

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Covid-19: Statement from the President and Members of the National Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology

March 21, 2020

A pdf of this statement can be downloaded from the British Society of Gerontology website We urge the Government to …

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COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the Impact Technology can have on Communities, Social Connections and Citizens

March 18, 2020

Hannah R. Marston1, Charles Musselwhite2, & Robin Hadley3 1Health and Wellbeing Priority Research Area, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Hannah.Marston@open.ac.uk …

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Pensions on divorce: why practice needs to change

December 5, 2019

Debora Price is a Professor of Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester and a member of the Pension Advisory …

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