Dr Sophie Yarker's Outputs (2)

Covid-19 and inequality: developing an age-friendly strategy for recovery in low income communities (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose
This paper aims to explore the social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on issues facing older people living in urban areas characterised by multiple deprivation.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper first reviews the role of pl... Read More about Covid-19 and inequality: developing an age-friendly strategy for recovery in low income communities.

Stewardship of the rural: Conceptualising the experiences of rural volunteering in later life (2020)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., Heley, J., & Jones, L. (2020). Stewardship of the rural: Conceptualising the experiences of rural volunteering in later life. Journal of Rural Studies, 76, 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.04.011

The figure of the older volunteer involved with the civil society of rural communities is written onto by the dual demands to age well and productively; to benefit themselves but also to be a good citizen and to contribute to their communities and to... Read More about Stewardship of the rural: Conceptualising the experiences of rural volunteering in later life.