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RemaIN for Research
There are a lot of very good reasons for staying in the EU, but the one I specifically want to focus on here is Alzheimer's research. At the moment, there are no drug treatments that can off...
What is social innovation and what does it have to do with ageing?
Michael Young – Lord Young as he eventually became – has become celebrated as a ‘social entrepreneur’. He may not have coined the phrase, but his example certainly hel...
Why do some intergenerational programmes seem sustainable while others do not?
When policy-makers give their views on the sustainability of intergenerational programmes’, they often emphasise the responsibility of societies, institutions and people in general to promote...
Delay of the Dilnot cap gives us time to rethink how best to spend new money on social care
Many experts now believe that implementation of the long-promised cap against catastrophic social care costs, that was recently delayed four years to April 2020, will never happen. Local gove...
Food for thought
I wanted to share a couple of `controversial' food related stories that have cropped up recently – although you will probably not find them controversial if you are an economist. Be...
Media, communication, and the capacity to aspire amongst Kenyan youth
In anticipation to his seminar in Trinity Term 2016 Seminar Series on Adolescent Ecologies convened by Dr Jaco Hoffman, Prof Thomas Tufte blogs about Media, communication, and the capacity to aspir...
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Latin America is ageing and urbanising …and fast
Latin America is ageing and the region is urbanising quite dramatically. This was the focus of a group of international and regional scholars who met last month in the stunning Bolivian capital of ...
Migration and intergenerational relations in Southeast Asia
© All rights reserved by Andy Scott Chang Southeast Asia is very diverse: its eleven countries vary in historical, sociocultural and political economic experiences. Yet,...
During adolescence, the world expands for boys and contracts for girls.
This terms seminar series at the Institute addresses adolescence. ‘Navigating life in sub-Saharan Africa – adolescent socio-ecologies’ focusing on the environments in which...
Population Ageing: Challenges and Opportunities for the Museum and Gallery Sector
Previous blogs have addressed the benefits of engaging with art and culture in later life, which include the promotion of social engagement, health and wellbeing and reducing isolation. Older peopl...
Through a Design Lens: Exploring Eight Key Challenges of Ageing
When it comes to thinking about how successfully we might manage the future of an ageing society in the UK, it quickly becomes apparent that designers have a key role to play in reshaping the produ...
Keeping in touch with technology? Using telecare and assistive technology to support older people with dual sensory impairment
All too often, a deterioration in sight and hearing is seen as bound up with the process of getting older, and as a result is under-reported in self-assessed measures of disability. When hearing an...
How to take advantage of existing city parks’ infrastructure to promote intergenerational programmes?
Increased longevity has provided many opportunities for different generations to come together. Creating environments for harnessing the wisdom and experiences from these multiple generations can s...
NO-ONE SHOULD HAVE NO-ONE
In its short lifetime the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing has made a huge impact on how we think about ageing. Its rigour and insight have reached far and wide to influence policy and p...
An inquiry into intergenerational fairness ?
The deadline for written submissions to the parliamentary inquiry conducted by the Work and Pensions Select Committee (chaired by Frank Field MP) into intergenerational fairness was February 19th.&...