{"id":4957,"date":"2017-02-13T08:09:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T08:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/?page_id=4957"},"modified":"2020-08-28T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:20:23","slug":"older-men","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/projects\/older-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Older men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Services for socially isolated older men in Belfast<\/strong><br \/>In 2014, with funding from the Public Health Agency, The Men\u2019s Working Group* commissioned Paula Devine, Janet Carter Anand and Lorna Montgomery (School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at Queen\u2019s University Belfast) to undertake a review of services for older men (aged 50+) within Belfast. The project had two aims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To review the extent and impact of current community, voluntary, statutory or private sector services which are aimed at combating social isolation among men in the Belfast area. The target group was men aged 50 years or over who have retired, or been unable to work through ill-health, and have become isolated.<\/li>\n<li>To identify how these services are meeting current levels of need, and ways in which they may be developed to meet future requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Caoimhe N\u00ed Dh\u00f3naill and Laura O\u2019Hagan\u00a0also worked on the project, and you can view the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/oldermenreport.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/age_encounters\/aenov14\/\">Age Encounters<\/a> event in November 2014 focused on this report, and included a presentation on the report by Lorna Montgomery.\u00a0 John Cooper (Rejuvenate Project, North Belfast) talked aobut his experiences of being involved in a Men&#8217;s Shed.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2015, Paula Devine presented the seminar &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.niassembly.gov.uk\/assembly-business\/research-and-information-service-raise\/knowledge-exchange\/knowledge-exchange-seminar-series-4-2014-2015\/#l\">Social isolation and older men: meeting the need<\/a>?&#8217; in the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS).\u00a0 A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niassembly.gov.uk\/globalassets\/documents\/raise\/knowledge_exchange\/briefing_papers\/series4\/kess-devine-older-men-policy-document.pdf\">Policy Briefing<\/a> paper was written to accompany this seminar.<\/p>\n<p>A journal article &#8216;Social isolation and older men \u2013 learning from research&#8217; (by Paula Devine, Lorna Montgomery, Janet Carter Anand and\u00a0Caoimhe N\u00ed Dh\u00f3naill) was published in <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cdj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Development Journal<\/a>, in July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*<em>The Men\u2019s Working Group was established by Age Partnership Belfast to support city-wide development of programmes to engage older men and combat social isolation. This working group brings together Volunteer Now, Men\u2019s Health Forum in Ireland, East Belfast Community Development Agency, Engage with Age, North Belfast Senior Citizens Forum, and Rejuvenate Men\u2019s Sheds Project (North Belfast Partnership Board).<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4957\" data-postid=\"4957\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4957 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Services for socially isolated older men in BelfastIn 2014, with funding from the Public Health Agency, The Men\u2019s Working Group* commissioned Paula Devine, Janet Carter Anand and Lorna Montgomery (School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at Queen\u2019s University Belfast) to undertake a review of services for older men (aged 50+) within Belfast. 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