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Generations Review - January 2009

In this Issue:

Editorial

Welcome from your editors Wendy Martin, Samuel R. Nyman, Subrata Saha, Christina Victor and Veronika Williams Click here to read more

News & Reviews

Message from the President of BSG - Judith Phillips

BSG ERA Conference: Should I present? - Ian Sidney

Report on the Gerontological Society of America 61st Annual Scientific Meeting - Kate Davidson

BSG Scotland - Sue Tester

Ageing, Body and Society study group news - Wendy Martin and Julia Twigg

Book Launch: Ageing in a Consumer Society - I. Jones, M. Hyde, C. Victor, R Wiggins, C. Gilleard and P. Higgs

BSG 38th Annual Conference - Culture, Diversity and Ageing - 2-4 September 2009, Bristol - Simon Evans

BSG ERA Conference 2009 - Christian Beech & Kelly Fitzgerald

New Dynamics of Ageing Programme Update - Alan Walker

Report

Report from the Honorary Secretary - Wendy Martin

Reports from BSG Bursary awards 2008

Jackie Rose - Centre for Social Gerontology, Research Institute for Life Course Studies, Keele University

Elizabeth Brooks - Newcastle University

Rebekah Luff - University of Surrey

Dr Gerry Gairola - College of Health Sciences, Lexington , Kentucky

What's On

Information on forthcoming conferences

Profile

Dr Ingrid Eyers

Research

MPhil Abstract

Information technology usage and quality of life among older persons: a qualitative study in Hong Kong - CHAN Wing Fung, Chad

PhD Abstracts

I’m wondering now if I'm the only person who remembers: using film and narrative biography to resist amnesia in dementia studies - Andrea Josephine Capstick

An exploration of the factors that influence the career exit and early retirement of women teachers - Kate White

Research Papers

Fear of crime among older people in Hong Kong - Chan On-fung, Kevin H C Cheng and David R Phillips

Sustainable Futures and the Development of New Retirement Villages - Miriam Bernard

Policy & Practice

Policy challenges for England in 2009 - Paul Cann

Paper Cranes and Water Bombs: The Challenge of 21st Century Stroke Care - Martin Westwood

Education & Careers

The ‘Kilburn Debates’ - Resourcing debate - John Miles

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