Tag: ageing
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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.
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People in their nineties reveal the secrets to ageing well
Who better to ask about the secret of ageing well than those who have reached 90! Professor Emeritus Irene Maeve Rea, Professor Ken Mills and Jennifer Rea reveal the findings of the BELFAST nonagenarians’ study and what the participants feel have been the main factors in their longevity.
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Dementia: look closer
Dr Paula Devine and Elizabeth Byrne McCullough explore what the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey tells up about public knowledge of, and attitudes towards dementia.
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The ageing population: who’s picking up the bill for oral care?
Dr Gerry McKenna examines a variation in access to prevention based oral healthcare for older adults across Europe, and a lack of coherence in policy making.