Author: Dr Gemma Carney
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Framing Ageing
Dr Gemma Carney looks at how research on ageing has evolved into a vibrant, multi-disciplinary field that aims to support our ageing population.
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Human rights, age discrimination and a global pandemic
Not long before the end of his life, renowned gerontologist Peter Townsend published an article calling for the adoption of human rights for the protection of vulnerable older people, a call that seems particularly prescient to the current pandemic says Gemma Carney and Paul Nash from the University of Southern California.
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Coronavirus: why young and old must pull together to survive this
Thinking and acting in terms of solidarity and cooperation is going to be increasingly important as the virus spreads and more social and economic consequences are felt says Dr Gemma Carney.
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Old Friends or Young Friends – they are all worth the time and effort
Dr Gemma Carney reports on a recent British Society of Gerontology NI event held in Trinity College Dublin looking at inter-generational friendships.
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Grandparents’ experiences of kinship care – repair and rescue, rather than pleasure and leisure
Dr Gemma Carney and Dr Paula Devine look at the concept of kinship care – where children are cared for by relatives and how more and more grandparents are taking on the role of replacement parent with all the accompanying responsibilities.
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What will all the ‘stuff’ you own mean when you’re older?
Dr Gemma Carney looks at the cultural value in the objects we possess and what they say about us and the times we live in.
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Don’t Blame the Boomers for Brexit – learn from them: Vote!
Dr Gemma Carney examines how the politics of fear – that has become endemic to public debate – is responsible for the surge in disgust towards baby boomers in the Brexit fallout.
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Dementia: Politics and science must work hand in hand to remove the fear
Following the release this week of a Cambridge University study on public health, Dr Gemma Carney looks at the findings in terms of the dementia debate and argues that the science of ageing is politics by other means.