Did you know that in 2015, 210 men aged 60 years or over got married, which is 2.5% of all men getting married? In that same year, 88 women aged 60 years or over got married, which is 1.1% of women getting married. The highest proportions of older people getting married were in North Down […]
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Gemma Carney has joined the Editorial Board of Ageing and Society. This is an interdisciplinary and international journal devoted to the understanding of human ageing and the circumstances of older people in their social and cultural contexts.
McShane, Sinéad (2016) ‘Stories of Challenge – Stories of Change: Why Do Older People Tell Their Personal Accounts of the Northern Ireland Conflict?’, in Michael Heitkemper-Yates and Ana Penjak (Eds) The Practice of Narrative: Storytelling in a Global Context, Inter-Disciplinary Press (e-book), pp. 51-60
Did you know that, among respondents to the 2015 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey aged 65 years or over, 16% are carers? Of these, one quarter were caring for their own parent/parent in law. For more information, see The Impact of Caring (Research Update 109) by Paula Devine and Ann Marie Gray.
Did you know that, for households with a head of household aged 75 years or over, 74% are owned outright, 18% are within the social rented sector, and 5% are rented privately? Among all households in Northern Ireland, the figures are 55%, 15% and 19% respectively. These figures are taken from the 2014-2015 Family Resource […]
Did you know that in 2015/6, 5% of the Average Daily Northern Ireland Prison Population under Sentence of Immediate Custody was aged 60 years or over. This comprises 62 men, and 2 women. More information can be found in The Northern Ireland Prison Population 2015 and 2015/16 statistical bulletin, published by the Department of Justice.
Our latest publication ‘The impact of caring’ uses data from the 2015 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey to explore the extent and impact of caring. This Research Update by Paula Devine and Ann Marie Gray is available here.
The Lively Project exhibition launch is on 8 December 2016. For more information about The Lively Project, and the exhibition launch, click here.
Did you know that 13,600 people living in Northern Ireland have received a diagnosis of dementia? In addition, it is estimated that a further 7,000 people are living with dementia, but have not been diagnosed. More information is available from The Detail. This includes a map of dementia prevalence (for people aged over 50) across […]
Did you know that among respondents to the 2014/15 Continuous Household Survey, 40% of those aged 70 years or over had access to the internet (home or work computer, digital television, mobile phone or other)? In 2010/11, the figure was only 24%. For more information on the lives of older people living in Northern Ireland, […]
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