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Tales of Transition – Positive attitudes towards ageing.
Tales of Transition – Changing negative attitudes toward ageing.
Christopher Tovey became a self-funded full-time post-graduate research student at the age of 70 and has continued with his work as...
Intergenerational Week 2021
When the first national Intergenerational Week was planned for March 2020, we were on the crest of a massive wave with thousands of intergenerational projects taking place across the UK.
Of course we all...
Reframing Ageing: Growing, not slowing
Reframing Ageing: Growing, not slowing
By: Christopher Tovey, MEd., BA (Hons) Person-centred Counselling & Psychotherapy
In this article, Christopher’s perspective is that “Ageing does...
Juvenile Ageism Event
What is Juvenile Ageism?
By: Lindsay Lenton MSc – ESRC PhD candidate in Psychology
I am a final year PhD student from Plymouth University, and I wanted to invite you to an event designed to raise...
Growing not slowing: positively re-framing life.
By Christopher Tovey, MEd., BA (Hons) Person-centred Counselling & Psychotherapy
In this article, Christopher asks us to revision age as a “positive and meaningful lifelong process of growth...
Dr. Hannah McDowall: If you want to talk about ageing, then do it properly.
If you want to talk about ageing, then do it properly.
Dr. Hannah McDowall
The word ‘ageing’ does not mean ‘old’ or older. It is an adjective which refers to time passing, and the effect of that...
Joyce Williams: a positive perspective on ageing.
Joyce Williams: A Positive Perspective on Ageing
What have we done to the word “OLD”? What is going on that we have let ourselves hear someone else’s view of our lives? Others say that getting...
Stephen Burke: intergenerational activity is crucial.
Stephen Burke from United for All Ages shares his perspectives on ageism within our society and how promoting intergenerational activities can help in the fight against ageism:
We live in historic times....
Eugene Marchese: let’s bring generations together.
In this article Eugene Marchese, co-founder of Guild Living, discusses the ageing population, the issues surrounding the current retirement model and the unique Guild Living approach.
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British Society of Gerontology urges Government to reject age-based COVID-19 policy.
We object to any policy which differentiates the population by application of an arbitrary chronological age in restricting people’s rights and freedoms.
A statement has been released by the President...
Impact of coronavirus policy on older people: with Professor Malcolm Johnson.
The controversy around isolation – to confine or not to confine.
Malcolm Johnson, visiting Professor of Gerontology and End of Life at the University of Bath, gives us his views on the government’s...
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