Photovoice, Care, and Loneliness: An exhibition by older migrants from Myanmar
On 2 May, I presented findings from my participatory PhD research project with older migrants from Myanmar at King’s College …
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Health outcomes of racially minoritised older people
Generally put, the gap in health between racially minoritised groups and the White British group increases dramatically with age. This means that differences in later life are very large, with common instances of racially minoritised people in their fifties and sixties having similar health profiles to White British people in their eighties. These inequalities are typically the result of disadvantages accumulated by racially minoritised people throughout their lifetimes.
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 …
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 …
Loneliness, friendship and the emotions inside a nursing home
Francisca Ortiz, The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, University of Manchester. **Spoiler Alert: This blog post assumed that you …
Lost in the Community: A Brief History of Covid-19 and Residential and Nursing Home Care
Chris Phillipson, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) So, the question (see blog on April 8th) ‘Can society …
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? …
BSG Conference 2017: Thoughts on the arts, care and dementia
A good conference can help you re-assess your own work. Perhaps not in an extreme way. Perhaps more as if …
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 …
Everyman Theatre’s ‘Do Not Go Gentle’
At Chapter Arts Centre on 17 May 2017 Louise Osborn facilitated an intense and rewarding three hour session addressing dementia.
This blog reflects on excerpts of the Do Not Go Gentle play performed by Everyman Theatre and which was combined with workshops and discussions with a group of attendees.
This blog explores three ideas: (1) the power of the arts to explore complicated social issues such as dementia; (2) understanding that generation groups experience society differently and (3) that we need to engage more deeply with the politics of care.
Ageing Issues 