British Society of Gerontology 43rd Annual Conference: New Understandings of Old Age and the Lifecourse
University of Southampton, 1-3 September 2014
Paula Devine and Gemma Carney organised a symposium at the British Society of Gerontology conference in September 2014. This symposium ‘Ageing and Social Isolation in Divided Societies: social, political and cultural intersections in Britain and Ireland’ consisted of four papers:
“Understanding resilience in divided societies”, Gemma Carney
“Well served? Services for socially-isolated older men in Belfast, Northern Ireland”, Paula Devine, Janet Carter Anand and Lorna Montgomery
“The abuse of older people: to legislate or not to legislate?”, Janet Carter Anand, Lorna Montgomery and Brian Taylor
“Intersecting ageism: age relationships and the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland”, Lynn Johnston
Lynn Johnston is a practitioner with Linking Generations, and Janet Carter Anand is a lecturer in Social Work in Queen’s University. Sarah Lawrence, a PhD student associated with the ARK Ageing Programme also attended the conference.
