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Deinstitutionalization and the caring community: building belonging to counter social isolation and uphold the rights of older people



Kim Samuel, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (Visiting Scholar)

Kim is an activist, educator, and a leading voice in the global movement for belonging. She founded the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, which works with advocates and researchers to fight social isolation and build belonging around the world. She is Visiting Research Fellow at Green Templeton college, Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), and the Fulbright Canada Ambassador for diversity and social connectedness. Kim is the author of On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation, an exploration of the crisis of social isolation and our birthright of Belonging. 

Please note that this is a Hybrid event. We welcome colleagues to 66 Banbury Road or on line via Zoom: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86171614682

 


This event is part of a seminar series:

Trinity 2023 Seminar Series | Caring communities: configuring local support for healthy ageing in place

Building on current work at the Institute, this series explores how the health and wellbeing of older people may be supported through networks of caring relationships and locally-based assets. The speakers highlight a range of contextual factors that might facilitate healthy ageing in place, defined as living well in one’s chosen home and minimizing transitions to higher-intensity care ne...


Event Details

25 May 2023 14:00 - 15:00


Location

Online & 66 Banbury Rd