New and Noteworthy
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Arts, Ageing, Activism
Check out our most recent digital cue: Arts, Ageing and Activism! This digital cue is based on work from a showcase of some of Melbourne’s arts-led social initiatives united under the banner of Creatively Ageing as part of the international Imagine Age-Friendly Communities within Communities Project. Curated by Dr. Peta Murray, the digital cue follows…
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How to dress for old age by David Carlin and Peta Murray
This week, we’re spotlighting a book by our collaborator Peta Murray. Take a moment to learn more about the book and check out the review here. About the Book:When adult children take up the labour of care for absent fathers and stoic mothers, when contemplating their own futures, things can get complicated. Room 306. Level Three.…
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Chapter 8: Super-invisibility: ‘older’ care workers in home care and residential long-term care
This week, in Chapter 8, Tamara Daly, Sara Charlesworth, and Frode F. Jacobsen discuss the concept of “super-invisibility”. In this chapter, our authors look at paid care work conditions across Australia, Canada, and Norway, with a specific focus on age equity for older workers in long-term care and home care. These sectors sit within one of the…
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New Book: Grey matter – representations of old age and ageing
We are thrilled to highlight the newest book from our researchers! Featuring the work of Bodil H. Blix who is a registered nurse and a professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and chair of the research group Centre for Care Research North and Gudmund Ågotnes who is a social anthropologist and a professor…
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Chapter 7: Queering age-friendliness: addressing safety, indicating equity
This week, in Chapter 7, Susan Braedley, Christine Streeter, and Oliver Debney draw on Canadian empirical evidence involving 2SLGBTQI older adults and 2SLGBTQI workers in services heavily used by older adults. They begin by asking an important question: Do age-friendly and age-equity movements, policies, and practices promote conditions of respect and dignity for queer older adults? They…
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