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: Families
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 …
Being a grandparent and depression: how does it differ across England, Europe and China?
Approximately one billion people in the world’s population are grandparents. As people live longer, healthier lives, grandparenting has become more and …
Lockdown 2.0: Gunpowder Plot, Digital Christmas, Sex and Relationships
Hannah R. Marston1 & Deborah J. Morgan2 1Research Fellow, Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, The Open University, Milton Keynes, …
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 …
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? …
Covid-19: Statement from the President and Members of the National Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology
A pdf of this statement can be downloaded from the British Society of Gerontology website We urge the Government to …
COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the Impact Technology can have on Communities, Social Connections and Citizens
Hannah R. Marston1, Charles Musselwhite2, & Robin Hadley3 1Health and Wellbeing Priority Research Area, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Hannah.Marston@open.ac.uk …
Pensions on divorce: why practice needs to change
Debora Price is a Professor of Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester and a member of the Pension Advisory …
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