Policy briefs

Ageing in Northern Ireland Prisons, by Sarah Lawrence.  This Policy Brief explores health and social care needs and provision in prisons in Northern Ireland.

Exploring inequalities in the context of kinship care, by Alexandra Chapman and Anna Tarrant.  This Policy Brief is based on the event Exploring inequalities in caring: grandparents’ experiences of kinship care from multiple perspectives, which was held on 7 June 2017.

Children’s attitudes towards old age: findings from the Kids’ Life and Times Survey 2014, by Paula Devine and Gemma M Carney (December 2016). This Policy Brief was produced as part of the Northern Ireland Assembly Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) event held on 14 December 2016.

Telecare solutions for older people and carers, by Alexandra Chapman and Sue Yeandle.  This Policy Brief is based on the event Advances in telecare: new solutions for carers and older people, which was held on 9 June 2015.

Social isolation and older men – meeting the need?, by Paula Devine, Frank Johnston, Janet Carter Anand, Lorna Montgomery, Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill and Laura O’Hagan (April 2015).  This Policy Brief was produced as part of the Northern Ireland Assembly Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) event held on 29 April 2015.

Collaborating Towards an Age-Friendly Northern Ireland, by Ann Marie Gray, Paula Devine, Vicki Titterington, Lynn Johnston and Nancy Henkin (December 2014). This Policy Brief is based on the event Collaborating Towards an Age-Friendly Northern Ireland, which was held on 7 October 2014.