critical gerontology

Moncton, New Brunswick was home to the 48th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) conference. Held from 24th-26th of October 2019, with the theme…

To those who view dementia as a relatively recent and continuously evolving concept, the ill-feeling and misunderstanding that is publicly exchanged between influential stakeholders is an unfortunate distraction. It does a disservice to research, advocacy and those affected by dementia.

Demographic change and caregiving are indisputable realities that concern all of us as human beings. For example, despite different chances of spending later years in good health and well-being that…

This book brings together, for the first time, contributions from social and computer scientists involved in the design and study of digital technologies for/with older people.

The launch of the Critical Dementia Studies Network has been made possible by a grant from the Swedish Research Foundation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The contemporary aged care sector and geriatric medicine look like a solution to the problem of ageing and that, I suggest, is part of what is wrong with contemporary attitudes and responses.

Home support workers are vulnerable because many of them are foreign-born, because they are often poorly paid, and because they work in private homes.

A recent mainstream Bollywood film Badhaai Ho (a popular Bollywood film released in 2018) challenges stereotypes and focused on the intimate needs and desires of middle class older Indians.

Public library programming can also oppose ageism by prompting library staff to consider and question the conceptions and practices surrounding old age. Library staff described the tensions that exist around marketing programs for older adults.

In the last days of life, residents are most often not in a position to express their will, and nurses interpret minimal bodily signs as expressions.