Did you know that in 2016/17 210,000 people in Northern Ireland made or received contributions to a personal pension? This is double the figure for 2007/08 (100,000). More information is available on the National Statistics website.
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The ARK Ageing team gave 5 papers at the BSG (British Society of Gerontology) annual conference in Swansea in July 2017. Click here for more information.
The Lively Project exhibition launch is on 8 December 2016. For more information about The Lively Project, and the exhibition launch, click 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 […]
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.
Did you know that the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among people aged 50 years or over in Northern Ireland is 12.4%? This is higher than in the Republic of Ireland, where it is 8.6%. For more information, see the report Understanding disability in older heart disease patients in Ireland and Research Brief Disability […]
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.
The ARK Ageing team attended the British Society of Gerontology conference from 1-3 September. The theme of the conference was New Understandings of Old Age and the Lifecourse. As part of the conference, Gemma Carney and Paula Devine organised a symposium on ‘Ageing and Social Isolation in Divided Societies‘.
Older men: Health and wellbeing, by Paula Devine (June 2014) This factsheet brings together data from a range of sources, and is part of the Men in Northern Ireland series. This factsheet was written to inform Men’s Health Week 2014.
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Did you know that from 2010/11 to 2016/17, 1531 people over the age of 65 were victims of violence with injury (including homicide.) This denotes 1.9% of total victims. Further information can be found in the report An analysis of clearance rates for crimes committed against older people in Northern Ireland between 2010/11 and 2016/17, […]
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