U3A Foyle hosted an Age Encounters event on 1 June, which will focus on combatting loneliness in older age. For more information, click here.
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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.
This interactive workshop was part of the Imagine Belfast festival on 16 March 2016. For more information, click here.
Our latest publication is by Alexandra Chapman and Sue Yeandle, and looks at Advances in telecare solutions for older people and carers. This Policy Brief is based on event held in June 2015, which was jointly organised by the ARK Ageing Programme and Carers NI. Information on the event and the Policy Brief is available […]
This new Research Update uses explores public attitudes to dementia. Based on data from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, this Update is available here.
The inaugural Age Friendly Universities Conference was held on 2/3 November in Dublin City University. The theme of conference was ‘Engaging Ageing: Universities as engines for active and healthy ageing’. Paula Devine gave a paper outlining the work of the ARK Ageing Programme in linking the academic and age sectors. Full information about the conference […]
The ‘Ageing and Research’ seminar on 27th October was organised by British Society of Gerontology Northern Ireland. For more information, click here.
What do children think about old age? (ARK Research Update 101) is based on data from the 2014 Kids’ Life and Times Survey.
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.
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