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The British Society of Gerontology provides a multidisciplinary forum for researchers and other individuals interested in the situations of older people, and in how knowledge about ageing and later life can be enhanced and improved. BSG is a registered charitable company and is the professional organisation representing gerontologists in Britain.
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Mar 2024
Apply for Zinc / Dunhill Medical Trust Innovation Fellowships in Healthy Ageing: Closing date 7th April 2024
Following the success of last year’s BSG Gerontologist in Residence Programme, Zinc and the Dunhill Medical Trust are delighted to launch a call …

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Feb 2024
Understanding the abuse of older LGBTQ+ people in domestic and institutional contexts
Forthcoming event: Understanding the abuse of older LGBTQ+ people in domestic and institutional contexts University of York, UK Friday 26th …

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Feb 2024
A critical reflection on ageing in place: Discussions on life, mortality and how we approach the ageing process.
Talking about ‘growing old’ is not a popular topic, talking about death even less so. But, most of us will …

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25 March 2024
Following the success of last year’s BSG Gerontologist in Residence Programme, Zinc and the Dunhill Medical Trust are delighted to launch a call for applications for the 2024-2025 Innovation Fellowships in Healthy Ageing. Applicants need to be quick as the deadline for applications closes on April 7th
26 February 2024
Established in 1994, the Averil Osborn Award seeks to promote and support work which enhances the participation and leadership of older people in research. Awards are made annually. The panel are seeking new panel members to join the current established team. We are also seeking a new Secretary to the Panel as the current Secretary is stepping down after serving since 2019.
30 January 2024
Please find below a call for articles on Ageing in the Mountains of the Journal of Alpine Research, a scientific, quarterly, international, multidisciplinary and plurilingual journal on the Alpine arc and the mountains of the world.
30 January 2024
Gail Mountain has recently publshed a book "Occupational Therapy with Older People into the 21st centuy
27 November 2023
My name is Dr Emma Short. I am a research associate at Cardiff Metropolitan University and a Consultant Histopathologist in Swansea Bay University Health Board. I am wanting to enquire whether anyone would be interested in joining a working group as a subject-expert as part of our project, the 'Classification and Staging of Age-Related Pathology'. The project seeks to unify current research on the biology of ageing, by developing a comprehensive system for classifying and staging age-related pathology, to complement the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
26 October 2023
This Report summarises findings from a Policy Lab that explored the value, feasibility and acceptability of shifting how we view the ageing process. Its goal is to achieve attitudinal change to ageing, by moving away from a narrative of disease and decline towards the idea that ageing is a lifelong process of change.