The lessons to be learned from the pandemic are not new – we need a properly funded, regulated and state-guaranteed system of social care, by Ann Marie Gray, Gemma Carney and Paula Devine. This online article was published by View Digital on 20 November 2020, as part of the COVID-19 and Vulnerable Groups project. Human […]
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Elizabeth Martin, a PhD student within the ARK Ageing Programme, is exploring the substance use of older women in Northern Ireland who have experienced domestic abuse. Elizabeth is now looking for women to participate in the research. For more information, click here.
Pearl Dykstra will speak at a seminar on 17 September, and will highlight how population affects us all. For more information on this event, click here.
Did you know that in 2009-11, the differential in life expectancy between the 20% most deprived areas and the Northern Ireland average was 4.1 years for males and 2.6 years for females? For more information, see Making Life Better: Monitoring the Wider Social Determinants of Health & Wellbeing (Key Indicators 2015) on the Department of […]
Save the date: Older People and Health and Social Care – Getting the ‘Right’ Approach: How including the voices of older people and other human rights-based approaches improves outcomes in health and social care for older people. This event is organised by AgeNI and the ARK Ageing Programme. Click here for more details.
Did you know that the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among people aged 50 years or over in Northern Ireland is 12.4%? This is higher than in the Republic of Ireland, where it is 8.6%. For more information, see the report Understanding disability in older heart disease patients in Ireland and Research Brief Disability […]
‘Is Northern Ireland a good place to be old?‘ is a video infographicwhich is based on data on ageing and ageism from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
‘Is Northern Ireland a good place to grow old‘ by Paula Devine and Gemma M Carney (ARK Research Update 100) is based on data from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
Caged and Forgotten – older people’s letters to the editor about COVID-19 by Gemma M Carney, Stephanie Maguire, Ann Marie Gray and Bronagh Byrne (ARK Research Update 134) was produced as part of the COVID-19 and Vulnerable Groups project. No Change: Northern Ireland Attitudes and Social Care Policy by Ann Marie Gray and Paula Devine […]
Did you know that in Northern Ireland, 57% of women and 74% of men aged 50-64 are in employment? In comparison, 6% of women and 16% of men over the age of 65 are in employment. For more information, see Focus on … Health of older women in employment on the Centre for Ageing Research […]
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