Elizabeth Martin, a PhD student within the ARK Ageing Programme, is exploring the substance use of older women in Northern Ireland who have experienced domestic abuse. Elizabeth is now looking for women to participate in the research. For more information, click here.
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Pearl Dykstra will speak at a seminar on 17 September, and will highlight how population affects us all. For more information on this event, click here.
Save the date: Older People and Health and Social Care – Getting the ‘Right’ Approach: How including the voices of older people and other human rights-based approaches improves outcomes in health and social care for older people. This event is organised by AgeNI and the ARK Ageing Programme. Click here for more details.
‘Is Northern Ireland a good place to be old?‘ is a video infographicwhich is based on data on ageing and ageism from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
‘Is Northern Ireland a good place to grow old‘ by Paula Devine and Gemma M Carney (ARK Research Update 100) is based on data from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
This seminar on 17 June explored attitudes to ageing and ageism, using data from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. For more information, click here.
We are looking forward to the visit of Sue Yeandle, who will be the next ARK Ageing Programme Visiting Fellow. Sue’s visit will be during 1-12 June 2015, to coincide with Carers’ Week. For more information, 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.
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 […]
John Williams (University of Aberystwth) was our latest Visiting Fellow, and was based in Queen’s from 12-23 October. We held a wide range of events during his visit – click here for more information.
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