Next steps on the curriculum
Gerontology in the UK has struggled to find a place in mainstream academic education. Our next BSG Special Interest Group …
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Four pathways for improving co-research methods with older people.
Authors: Hayley James and Tine Buffel With increased diversity and inequality in ageing populations globally, it is essential to involve …
AgeTech Innovation Week: COVID-19 and AgeTech
Hannah R. Marston1, Andrew Sixsmith2, Joseph Coughlin3 and Sara Aghvami4 1Research Fellow at the Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, …
Understanding Digital Skills & Confidence through the Lens of Older Adults from Low SES Communities: The Adapt Tech, Accessible Technology (ATAT) Project
Marston, H.R1,2, Morgan, D.J2,1, Wilson-Menzfeld, G3, & Gates, J3 1Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education, Languages, …
Mobility aid users aged 50+ face physical, social and psychological barriers to activity. Older mobility aid users face physical, social …
What do the Paradise Papers tell us about capitalism, globalization and ageing?
On the 5th November the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a trove of over 13.4 million leaked documents …
Reversing retirement
It is surprisingly common for retirees to reverse their retirement: New research from a cross-research council funded consortium led by Professor Karen Glaser at King’s College London suggests that up to one quarter of Britons have been “unretiring” in recent years. However, not everybody has the same opportunities to unretire: those who are already well-favoured may find it easier to supplement their pension income with paid work in retirement. In this blog post, Dr. Loretta Platts, lead author of this paper, explains more.
BSG and devolution: why now?
I joined the BSG Executive Committee in July, and agreed to take on the new remit of Devolved Nations. I …
Exploring perceptions of dementia in Pakistan
Here in the UK we are becoming more familiar with dementia. There are television adverts alerting us that dementia can …
Globalization: the challenges for gerontology
Martin Hyde, author of Ageing and globalisation (Policy Press, 2016), looks at the changing nature of how we think about ageing. Ageing and globalisation is part of the BSG Ageing in a Global Context series.
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