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.
2016
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.
BSGNI held a lively event on 10 June 2016 called ‘Growing Older: the role of community and gardening in ageing well’. For more information, click here.
Did you know that over 9,000 people have taken part in the Arts Council’s Arts and Older People programme? More information on the programme, as well as case studies of individual projects, are available on the Arts Council website. The case studies were used to evidence, anecdotally, the impact of arts participation on alleviating isolation […]
U3A Foyle hosted an Age Encounters event on 1 June, which will focus on combatting loneliness in older age. For more information, click here.
Read Gemma Carney’s new article on dementia, politics and science. This blog was published on QPol (Queen’s University Belfast), on 22 April 2016. Click here for more information.
Dominic Campbell (our Visiting Fellow) will facilitate this interactive workshop on 13 May 2016, which will take place in The Playhouse, Derry/Londonderry. Click here for more information.
Did you know that in 2013/14, 16% of adults above the State Pension Age in Northern Ireland were in relative poverty after housing costs? This is two percentage points higher than in the United Kingdom as a whole (14%). Further information is available within A profile of older people in Northern Ireland – Annual Update (2015) […]
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 […]
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