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 …
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Current DiscussionFeatured
Dementia is changing. Social media arguments show us how by James Fletcher
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 …
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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 …
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BooksCurrent Discussion
“The world seems to be designed against the elderly” – how can emerging technology work for older people?
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.
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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.
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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 …
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ArticlesCurrent Discussion
Masculinity and Aging in Home Support: The Challenge of Unwanted Sexual Attention
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.
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Current Discussion
Reflections on TrentAging 2019 – Take Back Aging – Power, Critique, and Imagination
The increasingly diverse environments of an aging population call for innovative and dynamic responses to new challenges that older people will face.
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Current Discussion
‘Visual memoing’ as a critical self-reflective practice
by Bryn Ludlowby Bryn LudlowYet, based on my experience, and positionality as an artist and a social scientist, I would advocate that visual memos become a part of visual methods and an engaged critical …
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The agreement between the community-based organization and the university/college often involves a memorandum of understanding, space in the community to provide the engagement, and a willingness for meaningful engagement.