Grandparent’s Experiences of Kinship Care – Repair and Rescue, rather than Pleasure and Leisure.
So often grand-parenting is presented as a fun and fickle leisure activity of wealthy Baby Boomers. For many grand-parents, the …
Category Archives: Inequality
The (Not) Real Marigold Hotel – older people in India
It was with interest and a little yelling at the TV screen that I watched the second series of BBCs …
Downsizing: should financial incentives be offered to “the elderly” to downsize?
A government White Paper published today indicates (on p63) that the government will be exploring ways to encourage older people …
Scrapping the Pensions Triple Lock? Time to re-frame the debate.
Over the weekend, the Work and Pensions Select Committee called on the government to scrap the pensions triple lock, framing it …
TOWARDS CREATIVE AND INTEGRATED RESPONSES TO DEMOGRAPHIC AGEING IN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND
On a cold and miserable day in May more than 30 people from the academy, third sector, health sectors joined …
Pensions and the triple lock – some context for the debate
I’ve been listening for the last two days to heated debate about the triple lock for State Pensions, with two …
‘Gerontology is good for you… so is gardening’
In preparing to address a room packed with enthusiastic gardeners, community activists and gerontologists at the latest BSG NI event, …
Ethnicity and pensions: a continuing disadvantage?
Individuals from certain minority ethnic groups in the UK, such as those from a Pakistani and Bangladeshi background, are among …
Early Findings from the WHERL project: Work, Health, Retirement and the Lifecourse
The WHERL project (Work, Health, Retirement and the Lifecourse) is a three year interdisciplinary consortium funded by the Medical Research Council …
Why the bedroom tax affects us all
Britain is undergoing a welfare revolution following the enactment of the Welfare Reform Bill. To date, the demographic group most …
