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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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Dec 2019

Trapped in an extending working life

By Mariska van der Horst, Sarah Vickerstaff and David Lain The people who most need to retire are probably those …

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Dec 2019

Adult education – ‘a permanent national necessity’. For a caring democracy?

The report from the Centenary Commission on Adult Education, launched last month, has received some strong endorsements from a wide …

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Dec 2019

Pensions on divorce: why practice needs to change

Debora Price is a Professor of Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester and a member of the Pension Advisory …

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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)

30 January 2020

Day Centre Research Forum

03 February 2020

Delirium Prevention, Assessment and Effective Management

04 February 2020 - 06 February 2020

INCLUSIVENESS IN AN AGEING SOCIETY

28 February 2020

Falls Prevention & Management in Older People

19 March 2020

• GGN03 – ‘Anaemia at older age: A contemporary review and update’

20 March 2020

Incident Investigation Masterclass: Falls

27 March 2020

Stop the Pressure: Pressure Ulcer Prevention & Management

31 March 2020

Oxford Workshop: Ageing Without Living Longer

23 April 2020 - 23 April 2020

Delivering Person-Centred Dementia Care

24 April 2020 - 24 April 2020

Adult Safeguarding 2020: Delivering a Strengths-Based Approach

18 May 2020 - 22 May 2020

Edinburgh International Course in Medicine of the Older Adult

Winning Photos from Photocrowd and the British Society of Gerontology

Ageing: the bigger picture

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14 January 2020

Review of the Kings Fund Environmental Assessment Tools

Have you used any of the Kings Fund Environmental Assessment tools? If so we would be grateful for your help in reviewing them by completing an online survey.

17 December 2019

Sickness in the Workhouse

Recently published book:Sickness in the Workhouse: Poor Law Medical Care in Provincial England, 1834-1914

17 December 2019

Looking for advice on PhD on social history of families

Stephen Brotherton, who completed his MA in Gerontology at Keele University under the supervision of Professor Miriam Bernard is looking to write a book and do a PhD on changing social histories linked to his mom and dad.

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

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.

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!

Jobs

Deadline: 01 February 2020

Professor in the field of Social Data Science at the University of Leuven, Belgium

Deadline: 31 December 2018

The Centre for innovative Ageing at Swansea University

Postgraduate Programmes in Gerontology & Ageing Studies

Deadline: 31 August 2018

Nanyang Technical University

Visiting Fellow

Deadline: 02 July 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Evaluations and Interventions Officer – Ageing and public health

Deadline: 02 July 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Knowledge Translation Officer - Ageing and Public Health

Deadline: 22 June 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Public Health Interventions Officer - Loneliness