A compassionate approach: experts discuss end of life care
How far should families and the wider community be involved in end of life care? What sort of support can …
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What works well for loneliness?
On the 17th June 2019 over thirty academics, charities, stakeholders and members of the public came together at the University …
Introducing Creative Ageing SIG Representative for Arts Therapists
We’re delighted to welcome Vicky Guise as our new Arts Therapists Representative. Vicky is a recently qualified Music Therapist (University …
Speed-dating in China leads to funding call…
A few months ago, the ESRC and MRC invited a group of UK academics to travel to Beijing for a …
The benefits and practicalities of Community Sessions
The University of Liverpool recently hosted the 48th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology (BSG), and this year …
Dementia & Multi-Species Caring: Current Practice & Future Possibilities
Since the word was first-used within modern day psychiatry to describe the abolition of the thinking faculty (Pinel 1806), we have …
Rebuilding educational gerontology – reasons to be slightly more cheerful
Google ‘older people’s education’ and up comes a Guardian headline with the answer – ‘neglected’. The NIACE report in question was …
Talking creative engagement and ageing: Interview with Cathy Bailey, Creative Ageing SIG mentor
In the run up to the BSG 2019 conference, where the Creative Ageing Special Interest Group will run our inaugural …
Introducing the BSG Creative Ageing SIG Steering Committee – Dr Kat Algar-Skaife
In the run up to the BSG 2019 conference, where the BSG Creative Ageing SIG will run their inaugural symposium, …
Pathways to Impact: From Research into Policy, Practice and Interventions, Nov.30th 2018 Introduction On Friday, Nov. 30th, over 50 BSG …
