‘One-to-one befriending schemes for older people’ highlights key issues related to one-to-one befriending programmes, and presents eight case studies. This discussion paper is available on our publications page.
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Intergenerational mentoring, educational attainment and community planning, by Paula Devine and Vicki Titterington (August 2018) is based on an event on 5 June 2018. Public attitudes and knowledge of dementia: Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Scotland, by Paula Devine (August 2016) is based on 2014 survey data. Evaluating arts-based programmes for people with dementia, […]
The new Policy Brief ‘Collaborating Towards an Age-friendly Northern Ireland’ is based on the event on 7 October 2014.
Ageing in Northern Ireland Prisons, by Sarah Lawrence. This Policy Brief explores health and social care needs and provision in prisons in Northern Ireland. Exploring inequalities in the context of kinship care, by Alexandra Chapman and Anna Tarrant. This Policy Brief is based on the event Exploring inequalities in caring: grandparents’ experiences of kinship care […]
Did you know that one in five people aged 60 years or over in Northern Ireland can be described as ‘frail’? There are differences according to age, sex and social class. For more information, see the report ‘Frailty and Disability‘ on the website of the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI).
On 5 February, a seminar by Paul Willis (Swansea University) focused on recent research on inclusive services for older LGB adults in residential care environments in Wales. For information about the seminar, including slides and resources, click here
Did you know that results from the 2013/14 Continuous Household Survey show that eight out of ten people aged 60 or over in Northern Ireland use a mobile phone – compared to 6% in 1999/2000. For more information, see the report ‘A Profile of Older People in Northern Ireland 2014 update‘ on the website […]
Did you know that the 2013/4 Continuous Household Survey shows that 45% of people living alone in Northern Ireland are aged 65 years or over? For more information, see the report ‘A Profile of Older People in Northern Ireland 2014 update‘ on the website of the Office of the First Minster and Deputy First […]
The most recent ‘Age Encounter’ took place on 25 November 2014, at Queen’s University Belfast. Age Encounters is a network of researchers, academics and practitioners with an interest in age. Each age encounter has presentations from speakers from different sectors, along with time to chat over coffee. For more information on this event, click here.
Did you know that one quarter (25%) of people in Northern Ireland aged 50-54 have low physical activity rates, and this is similar (25%) among people aged 65-69 years? In the Republic of Ireland, these figures are 45% and 54% respectively. For more information, see the report ‘Inequalities in Health Behaviours‘ on the website of […]
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