@Wellcometrust research network to explore #generations: what's in the concept and how should it be used? Jennie Bristow & @KingstoneHelen with @BPAS1968 @ILCUK
Joined October 2019
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We are excited about this session at our conference on #ageism and #intergenerational work, join the talk on Wednesday 9th March at 2pm to hear more from Liat Ayalon
generationsworkingtogether.o…... #intergenerationalconversations #gwtwebinars
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It's now two months until we kick off the first Global #IntergenerationalWeek. Here's what it’s all about.
generationsworkingtogether.o…
@LinkGenNI @GenerationsWT @BethJohn64
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On 26 April @ProfAliceS will speak on 'Generation X from birth to 50: Inequalities in education, society and health' hosted @BritishAcademy_ thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
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It's International Mother Tongue Day! Languages are playing an important role in #IntergenerationalLinking, helping connections to form:
"I am enjoying using my [Turkish] language skills to speak to the older people, it makes me feel special for having a skill not everyone has”
ALT "Welcome" is written in different languages and colours
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In which I suggest that women are not "forgetting to have babies", but that we live in a society which penalises women for having babies.
Maternity discrimination, cost of childcare, lack of flexible working... These are the obstacles we face- not a lack of fertility education.
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Great to see Jennie Bristow's paper 'Post-Brexit Boomer blaming: The contradictions of generational grievance' made free to view as part of this focus on the sociology of generations.
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@SSPSSR @GenerationsNet
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Fantastic new paper that shows having intellectually stimulating work is associated with successful ageing - whilst those with stressful, hazardous or physically demanding work had lower levels of successful ageing journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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CALL FOR PAPERS: online interdisciplinary workshop on 7th September 2021 hosted by @historyNCL & funded by @LeverhulmeTrust on 'Adulthood as a Category of Historical Analysis', intended to lead to a journal special issue. Please RT #histchild #histyouth #histmed #twitterstorians
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Housing for young and old is not a zero sum game.
Creating more good-quality homes for older people, including housing-with-care, will free up housing for young people and help create centres of intergenerational mixing.
Our new piece for @inter_gen👇
if.org.uk/2021/05/26/housing…
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Upcoming online event!!
Fathers in the Home: A Longview (Wed 9 June 6-7pm) @proftinamiller and I will talk about fatherhood today and in the past.
Lockdown has seen more of us spending time in the home for work, education, and leisure as well as family life 1/3
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Apply by Friday 30th for our Senior Development Officer role (Community Engagement Lead for Care Homes). The post covers our @IntergenLinking project & our consultancy services which deliver improved leadership and enhanced quality of life in care homes: myhomelife.org.uk/community-…
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***INTERGENERATIONAL INTERVENTIONS REDUCE AGEISM***
Our vision is a nation full of multi-age friendships.
Join us in supporting @WHO's global campaign to combat ageism.
It is time to say *NO* to ageism.
#AWorld4AllAges,
#ageism
#stopageism
#combatageism
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A reminder of this essay to download, for those following Jennie Bristow's writing on generations.
academyofideas.org.uk/letter…
@instofideas @GenerationsNet
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The phases "Generation COVID", "Baby boomers" and "Millenials" can be found everywhere in the media, conversation and politics.
But what do we actually mean when we say "generaton"?
Read more in our latest guest blog by @GenerationsNet 👇
ilcuk.org.uk/talking-about-g…
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Congratulations to @GenerationsNet for great set of workshops/terrific briefing paper, 'Talking about Generations: 5 questions to ask yourself'.
Read about the Network and download the briefing paper.
blogs.kent.ac.uk/parentingcu…
Looking forward to the publications to come! (2/6)
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100% OF CARE HOME STAFF SAID RESIDENTS MOST ENJOYED ‘SEEING AND ENGAGING’ WITH THE CHILDREN
#VirtualSongsandSmiles has helped lift spirits and spread joy!
Read our 'Round-up' of #NationalIntergenerationalWeek:
thetogetherproject.co.uk/blo…
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2 posts for qualitative researchers at University of Stirling looking at #design of domestic spaces to support people with #dementia living at home. *Deadline 22nd March*
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