Social inclusion of people with dementia
Why is the concept of social inclusion important for us? As scientists in the field of dementia research we aim …
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Trapped in an extending working life
By Mariska van der Horst, Sarah Vickerstaff and David Lain The people who most need to retire are probably those …
Creative Ageing Practice: Celebrating Age Programme at Midlands Arts Centre
In the second of the BSG Creative SIG’s series on creative ageing in practice, Lucy Rix, who leads the Celebrating …
A book on ethnicity, race and old age: who is it for, and why did I write it?
By: Sandra Torres (Uppsala University, Sweden) The title of this blog is precisely what I asked myself when I was …
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 …
Bursary awardees reflect on their participation in the 48th BSG Annual Conference held at the University of Liverpool, 2019.
‘Thanks to the generosity and support of the BSG in awarding me a bursary, I had the opportunity to participate …
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 …
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 …
