Ageing and Gerontology
Giles Merritt, author of Timebomb, warns that Europe’s ageing population and falling birthrates threaten economic stability and burden younger generations without urgent reform.…Read more
Within the next 30 years the European workforce will be down by a quarter, upsetting the systems we have had in place for decades. In this episode, Richard Kemp speaks with Giles Merritt about this impending ageing crisis.…Read more
Nicola Madge, author of 'Lockdown Life', shows how the pandemic overlooked older people as a valuable resource, focusing only on their vulnerability.…Read more
Jonathan Parker, author of 'Analysing the History of British Social Welfare', highlights the importance of ensuring that those celebrating the end of 14 years of Tory rule continue to hold the new government accountable, as both centre-left and centre-right can neglect the human element in fiscal policies.…Read more
Check out our curated list of must-read open access books and articles across the social sciences for your summer reading. …Read more
Michael Toze, editor of 'Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts', brings together the issues of ageing and gender diversity. …Read more
Catherine Needham considers what social care means in the UK and Australia. With elderly and disabled people more and more isolated, opportunities inaccessible and eligibility criteria increasingly exclusive, we need to rediscover the ‘social’ in social care.…Read more
Mel Hall and Jenny van Hooff consider the emphasis society places on whether or not women have children. Mothers and childfree women are pitted against each other, rather than common ground being shared. …Read more
As we launch the Journal of Global Ageing, Martin Hyde explains why we urgently need to redress gaps in our knowledge of global population ageing.…Read more
As yet another private home care provider goes out of business, Peter Scourfield discusses why the quasi-marketisation of adult social care has failed and how many are impacted.…Read more