In this ‘Ageing Bites’ video, Elizabeth Martin and Gemma Carney discuss feminist methods in ageing research. Click here to see the video.
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Join us in Queen’s University Belfast for a creative ageing seminar with Dominic Campbell (Creative Aging International). Click here for more information.
Did you know that there were 9,621 households presenting as homeless in Northern Ireland in 2014/15? Of these, approximately 11% (2,146) were pensioner households. More information is available in the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service briefing paper ‘What do we know about homelessness in NI? An overview of some of the evidence-base‘, by […]
Imagining the future: Growing older together? is a blog by Alexandra Chapman, which was published on the Policy and Politics blog on 7 September. To read the blog, click here.
This joint ARK/Detail Data information session on 26 September 2016 will give attendees an insight into the attitudes to and knowledge of dementia in Northern Ireland, using data from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. For more information, and how to book, please click here.
Did you know that Eddie Lynch became the new Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland (COPNI) in June 2016? He has identified a set of draft priorities for action, which fall under the themes of respect, value and protect. The COPNI office is inviting feedback on these until 30th September 2016. Further information is […]
Read Gemma Carney’s new article baby boomers, brexit and voting. This blog was published on QPol (Queen’s University Belfast), on 5 July 2016. Click here for more information.
Did you know that there were 144,522 people aged 65 years or over living in Northern Ireland in 1962? By 2015, this figure had doubled to 291,824. For more information, see the latest Population and Migration Estimates 2015.
Did you know that data from the 2014/15 Northern Ireland Home Safety Database suggest that 35% of accidents among people aged 65 years or over take place in or near the garage? Further information is available in the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland 2015.
Did you know that 21% of people aged 60 and over in Northern Ireland are affected by some level of financial abuse? This study published by the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland is the first time that the prevalence of financial abuse of older people in Northern Ireland has been calculated. For more […]
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