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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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Nov 2019

Creative Ageing Practice: Celebrating Age Programme at Midlands Arts Centre

In the second of the BSG Creative SIG’s series on creative ageing in practice, Lucy Rix, who leads the Celebrating …

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Nov 2019

Education, age and social change

What is the role of education in achieving progressive social change? And how does this question link to the opportunities …

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Oct 2019

A book on ethnicity, race and old age: who is it for, and why did I write it?

By: Sandra Torres (Uppsala University, Sweden) The title of this blog is precisely what I asked myself when I was …

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Dr Paul Nash, Lecturer, Centre For Innovative Ageing at Swansea University talks about the importance of Gerontology

Gerontology: What is it and why is it important?

The 48th

BSG Annual Conference

10 - 12 July 2019
The University of Liverpool

Registration open soon

Events & Courses

04 October 2019 - 23 February 2020

Care(less)

22 November 2019 - 22 November 2019

Hip Fracture Summit 2019

26 November 2019 - 12 December 2019

Connecting memories - photos, digital tools and wellbeing

02 December 2019

Transforming Acute Care for Older People Living with Frailty

05 December 2019

Falls Prevention Summit 2019: Reducing Inpatient Falls & Harm from Inpatient Falls

05 December 2019 - 05 December 2019

Future of Ageing 2019

05 December 2019

Half-Day Seminar: A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce

09 December 2019

BSG Ageing in Africa, Asia and Latin America SIG Inaugural Meeting on Care Later in Life

24 January 2020

Reducing & Managing Pressure Ulcers in Older People Living with Frailty

27 January 2020

Hip Replacement as a Day Case: Reducing Length of Stay & Improving Outcomes

03 February 2020

Delirium Prevention, Assessment and Effective Management

04 February 2020 - 06 February 2020

INCLUSIVENESS IN AN AGEING SOCIETY

Winning Photos from Photocrowd and the British Society of Gerontology

Ageing: the bigger picture

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20 October 2019

£15 million to develop a unique Centre focused on Adult Social Care

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Health Foundation partner to support a new UK Centre to enhance the use of research evidence in adult social care

20 October 2019

The BSG Emerging Research in Ageing Group are currently seeking mentors.

This summer ERA re-launched a mentoring scheme - due to popular demand from our members. Thank you to all of those who have already volunteered and have been matched!

20 October 2019

BSG Centres Page

BSG have a new page on the website aiming to showcase centres of excellence in social and behavioural research into ageing and ageing populations across the UK. These include Research Institutes, Research Centres, and Research Groups. The web-page is open to the public.

15 October 2019

Pre-announcement: ISCF Healthy Ageing Challenge Research Director

08 October 2019

Special Collection on Aging and Technology

CFP for Special Collection on Aging and Technology

04 October 2019

CFP for Special Issue "Age-Friendly Cities & Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives""