Outputs (21)

Mobilising Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Creating Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Akita and Manchester (2025)
Journal Article

Developing Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCCs) is an increasingly popular policy response to supporting ageing populations. AFCC programmes rely on cross-sectoral collaboration, involving partnerships among diverse stakeholders working across... Read More about Mobilising Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Creating Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Akita and Manchester.

Living with financial insecurity: Analysing the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, C., Yarker, S., & Phillipson, C. (in press). Living with financial insecurity: Analysing the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people. Social Policy and Administration, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13074

This article analyses the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people. The discussion suggests that while the UK is experiencing the greatest living standards crisis in modern times, the pressures facing older people are not n... Read More about Living with financial insecurity: Analysing the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people.

Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: Urban ageing and spatial justice (2024)
Book

How can we design, develop and adapt urban environments to better meet the needs and aspirations of an increasingly diverse ageing population? 

This edited collection offers a new approach to understanding the opportunities and challenges of creat... Read More about Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: Urban ageing and spatial justice.

Aging in the urban context (2024)
Book Chapter

Population aging is taking place across all countries of the world, raising major issues for the future direction of public policy. By 2050, one in six people in the world will be 65 and over (16 percent), up from one in 11 in 2019 (9 percent). Of eq... Read More about Aging in the urban context.

COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Everyday Life during the Pandemic (2023)
Book
Lewis, C., Phillipson, C., Yarker, S., & Lang, L. (2023). COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Everyday Life during the Pandemic. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.3919362

Theorising ‘place’ in ageing in place: territorial and relational approaches (2023)
Journal Article

This paper argues for a greater theorization of “place” within aging-in-place research. It extends calls for a relational conceptualization of place by demonstrating the need for aging-in-place researchers to also pay greater attention to territorial... Read More about Theorising ‘place’ in ageing in place: territorial and relational approaches.

Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives (2023)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., Doran, P., & Buffel, T. (2024). Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives. Gerontologist, 64(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad002

This paper argues for a greater theorization of “place” within aging-in-place research. It extends calls for a relational conceptualization of place by demonstrating the need for aging-in-place researchers to also pay greater attention to territorial... Read More about Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives.

“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.

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.

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure (2021)
Book
Yarker, S. (2021). Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839827389

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local neighbour... Read More about Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure.