Critical questions for ageing societies, by Gemma M Carney and Paul Nash, 2020 by Policy Press A review of this book by Aled Singleton was published by the International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2020 14(2): 197–200 doi: 10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3368 Ageing through austerity: Critical perspectives from Ireland, edited by Kieran Walsh, Gemma M Carney and […]
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Did you know that the Policing Plan 2015-2016 sets a series of targets to be achieved by 31 March 2016? One of these is to increase by 2 percentage points the outcome rate for domestic burglary in which older persons are victims compared to the outcome rate 2014-15. For more information, see the Policing Plan […]
Did you know that there is a lack of data on older adults with an intellectual disability in Northern Ireland, and the most recent data are from 2006? In that year, there were 16,720 people in Northern Ireland known to services with an intellectual disability. Of these, 14% (2,340) were aged 50 or over. For more […]
A new branch of BSG in Northern Ireland (BSGNI) has been set up, which will bring together practitioners, educators, policy-makers, students and older people. The aim of the society in Northern Ireland is to increase awareness of social gerontology, and to develop a vibrant, cross sector, social gerontology research network within Northern Ireland. A launch […]
Did you know that studies have shown that one third of people aged over 65 in the general population have one fall per year, with 40–60% of these falls causing injury? Falls are one of the issues raised in the Home Accident Prevention Strategy 2015 – 2025, which was published by the Department of Health, […]
The ARK Ageing Programme welcomes ‘How to get to 100 … and enjoy it’ exhibition to Belfast. The exhibition will be on display at W5 from 19th – 28th February 2015 to coincide with the Northern Ireland Science Festival. This unique, interactive exhibition is based on the issues related to our changing population. It explores […]
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 […]
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
Ageing through austerity: Critical perspectives from Ireland, published in March 2015 by Policy Press. This book was edited by Kieran Walsh, Gemma M Carney and Áine Ní Léime. For more information, click here.
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