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Ageing & You: Unique photo exhibition opens in Leicester

Leicester’s Haymarket Centre will host a powerful and thought-provoking photo exhibition, Ageing & You, which is set to open to the public between 2nd and 10th August 2024. Based on research from the University of Liverpool’s Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, the unique collection showcases the lived experiences of frailty through the eyes of older photographers. […]

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Blog: An Older Married Couple’s Journey Through Ageing

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Dr Upanish Oli, Research Assistant on this project, had a conversation with Margaret, 79, [White British] and Bob, 78, [White British] where they reflect on their 20 years of retirement. During a delightful chat about ageing, Upanish picked up few things about their lives. Margaret has been active all her life. She mentioned she

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Blog: Barriers to Healthcare

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Written by Zara, 62 years old [Indian]. I miss the days when I was young and strong, taking care of others, including my mum as she grew older. The last thing I wanted at that time was to be totally dependent on someone else. I envisaged myself remaining strong and agile in my old age,

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Blog: Feelings About Getting Older

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Written by Andrew, 63 years old [Black Caribbean]. When I was younger, I saw my parents growing old. They had to do different things to manage themselves. I saw people lose their sight, others lost their mobility and I said to myself, “I hope it doesn’t happen to me.” When she was 70 years

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Blog: Health is Wealth

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Written by Ruth, 63 years old [Black African]. The occurrence of emotional stress on health and the upward spiral of negative mental well-being is clear during ill health and ageing because our choices in response to life adversities affect psychological and mental well-being. The journey of my health has snowballed during and after the COVID-19

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Blog: Successful Ageing is Not Just Getting Old

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Written by Gadhar, 77 years old [Bangladeshi]. We cannot escape the passage of time; it is an inevitable reality. When I was young, I eagerly awaited adulthood. Now, in the twilight years of life, I find myself yearning to be few years younger. Time has flown by faster than I ever imagined. As one

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What frailty can tell us about ageing well: towards an alternative paradigm to ‘successful ageing’

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Abstract This paper considers the concept of successful ageing by means of a dialogue with the concept of frailty. This dialogue reveals the limits and blind spots of both concepts as well as their apparent dichotomy and the importance of understanding both the objective and subjective experience of ageing. In particular, the dialogue highlights that

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Blog: A Retired Nurse’s Insights on Navigating Healthcare as an Older Woman

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Written by Ines, 86 years old [Black Caribbean]. In 2023, the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Windrush was commemorated. Agnes Nisbett, of the Windrush generation, came to the UK in 1959, aged 21. Since then, she has dedicated her life around the healthcare system as a midwife, a nursing officer, and as

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£1.1 million funding success for 3-year research project: ‘Understanding the varied experiences of frailty in older age with respect to ethnicity’

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Professor Susan Pickard, as Principal Investigator (PI), has been successful in securing £1.1 million in funding from the ESRC UKRI. Susan will lead a three year, multi-national interdisciplinary project, starting in September 2022, entitled ‘Understanding the varied experiences of frailty in older age with respect to ethnicity: a mixed methods approach’. Alongside Sociology, Co-Investigators (Co-Is)

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