Outputs (6)

Resilience in later life: the impact of social exclusion on access to networks of support (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose

The aim of this paper is to respond to a gap in the literature around resilience in later life for older people from minority groups of identity or experience. Specifically, it argues that we need to pay greater attention to how access t... Read More about Resilience in later life: the impact of social exclusion on access to networks of support.

“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure (2022)
Journal Article
Lewis, C., Yarker, S., Hammond, M., Kavanagh, N., & Phillipson, C. (in press). “Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure. Urban Planning, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i4.5689

This article explores the potential impact of future urban regeneration for older people “ageing in place” in an inner-city neighbourhood, Collyhurst, Manchester, UK. Collyhurst has been reshaped by de-industrialisation, demolition of housing, disinv... Read More about “Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure.

Dispersed communities in age-friendly work: an intersectional approach to place-based working (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present alternative ways of addressing inequality in age-friendly work by drawing attention to the limitations of place-based approaches in meeting the needs of dispersed communities.
Design/methodology/a... Read More about Dispersed communities in age-friendly work: an intersectional approach to place-based working.

Precarity and the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Single Men Living Alone (2022)
Journal Article

Background and Objectives

Existing research reveals that single men living alone are at a heightened risk of isolation and precarity. This study traced the impact of the pandemic on the daily lives of a group of single men over three waves of the... Read More about Precarity and the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Single Men Living Alone.

Retiring into civil society (2022)
Book Chapter

Are young people blindly self-interested? How does university shape students’ political participation? Can busy parents and grandparents find time to volunteer?

Challenging conventional thinking, leading academics explore how individuals’ relation... Read More about Retiring into civil society.

Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches (2022)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., & Buffel, T. (2022). Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 34(2), 254-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2022.2049571

Despite the identification of social inclusion as a key objective of age-friendly policies and programs, there is limited research evidence as to either the extent to which this has been achieved or how it might be realized. Gaps remain in our unders... Read More about Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches.