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Find out what's been happening at the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing.
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Care home staff required for UoM study
23 Oct 2020
Care home staff, including management, registered nurses, care assistants and other frontline staff are invited to take part in a research study that...
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UoM academics author paper on sensory health and inequality
21 Oct 2020
The SENSE-Cog project is a 5-year project led by The University of Manchester, which aims to investigate the combined impact of sight and hearing ...
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MICRA PhD Network co-chair wins research photo competition
20 Oct 2020
MICRAs PhD Network reaches over 100 members – PhD students and early career researchers with an interest in ageing, across the UK and ...
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UoM researchers co-author 'Smartphone Apps to Support Falls Rehabilitation'
14 Oct 2020
Dr Helen Hawley-Hague along with Professor Chris Todd worked with researchers from the University of Bologna and the Norwegian University of Science ...
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Valuable not vulnerable – a new ageing narrative
8 Oct 2020
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, a number of issues and concerns have been raised by the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and partners around the ...
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Report on pensions and divorce has substantial legal impact
7 Oct 2020
MICRA's Professor Debbie Price was one of a panel of experts who authored the groundbreaking report A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce....
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Participants needed for study into anxiety in older adults
1 Oct 2020
This study is part of a PhD thesis which aims to explore how older people with anxiety, from different cultural backgrounds, understand anxiety, how ...
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Dr Sheena Johnson presents at social change and ageing workshop
1 Oct 2020
The Thomas Ashton Institute held the workshop on 24 September, with presentations and discussions on the challenges and evidence needs relating to ...
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Prof Chris Todd features in British Geriatrics conference
30 Sep 2020
The BGS held their annual event online this year on 25 September. This annual event is widely recognised as the leading meeting in the UK for ...
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MICRA COVID Webinar: Hearing loss, cognitive decline and mental health
28 Sep 2020
The event was chaired by MICRA Director Prof Alistair Burns who also spoke at the webinar. Dr Jenna Littlejohn spoke on hearing loss, mental ...
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MICRA Professor Debbie Price speaks on longevity risk
17 Sep 2020
'The long and short of longevity risk' was hosted by FTAdviser and was sponsored by Legal and General. The webinar focused on managing longevity ...
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MICRA Co-Director to speak at Healthy Ageing Webinar
11 Sep 2020
The BIRAX UK-Israel Healthy Ageing Webinar is a cross-disciplinary conference aiming to balance molecular advances with translational and clinical ...
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MICRA researchers report on later life and pension decisions
10 Sep 2020
Hayley James co-authored the paper with Tine Buffel and former MICRA Director, Debbie Price. They investigate how people anticipate the future when ...
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MICRA and AMBS host joint webinar on COVID-19 and older workers
3 Sep 2020
The event was chaired by MICRA Co-Director Tarani Chandola. Presenting, Dr Sheena Johnson was joined by Emily Andrews, Senior Evidence Manager at the...
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A third of over fifties with hearing loss could be undiagnosed
27 Aug 2020
Up to a-third of older adults with hearing loss in England could be undetected and untreated , according to a new study by University of Manchester ...
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Survey for providers of remote physiotherapy services
27 Aug 2020
The project is being led by University academics Dr Helen Hawley-Hague and Dr Sarah Tyson. Dr Helen Hawley-Hague is a National Institute of ...
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MICRA Director co-authors report on Dementia risk factors
26 Aug 2020
The 2017 Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care modelled nine potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia. These ...
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Academic co-authors article on age related hearing loss
19 Aug 2020
Dr Jenna Littlejohn is a Research Associate here at the University of Manchester. The article follows the case of a 76-year-old male with a ...
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Key academics from CIRCO, Photobiology and Centre for Health Informatics present 'staying fit in COVID' webinar
7 Aug 2020
MICRA’s successful summer webinar series continued with an event on immunology and COVID19. This was chaired by Professor Rachel Watson, ...
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A Pensions Advisory Group report continues its lasting impact
5 Aug 2020
The Nuffield Foundation annual report highlights the reach and impact of the PAG publication A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce, ...
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MICRA academics author article in the International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
30 Jul 2020
The article, which Tine Buffel and Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard co-authored along with colleagues from the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and ...
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BAME Ageing in the Community Conference
28 Jul 2020
This is a nation-wide event for commissioners and funders. AfA, which works closely with MICRA, wants to draw attention to the importance of ...
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Survey for carers of people living with dementia
21 Jul 2020
The Dementia Law Clinic, part of the School of Social Sciences’ Justice Hub, is requesting feedback from carers on the impact that legal issues are...
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MICRA and SoSS lead Healthy Ageing Event
17 Jul 2020
The event formed part of a mini-series hosted by the Business Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Team in early July. The aim of these events was to ...
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MICRA presence at Virtual BSG Conference
16 Jul 2020
Tine Buffel spoke at the Flagship Symposium: Co-production research with older people. There has been growing interest in co-production research with...
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MICRA professor speaks in Women and Work webinar
14 Jul 2020
The latest of the Humanities webinars on ‘Doing Things Differently’ is now available on the Humanities research pages. This webinar looks at ...
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Participants needed for survey on loneliness during COVID-19
2 Jul 2020
Anyone over 18 is invited to take part in a short, anonymous, online international survey to help understand how people are coping during the ...
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Participants needed for COVID-19 survey on hearing loss and mental health
2 Jul 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has caused world-wide disruption in community and social interactions. People over the age of 70, deemed as having a greater ...
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MICRA continues webinar series with 'Communities and COVID-19'
24 Jun 2020
On 19th June, MICRA hosted the second title of the MICRA webinar series. Viewed by academics, policymakers, practitioners and the general public ...
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New blog on the voluntary and community sector and COVID-19
18 Jun 2020
COVID-19 has forced us all to rethink how to maintain social connections in the neighbourhoods where we live and work. For the voluntary, community ...
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Investigating the use of at-home dance resources
16 Jun 2020
Evidence shows that participating in dance can offer both physical and non-physical benefits to older people and those with neurological conditions ...
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MICRA researchers author blog on COVID-19 and age inequality
3 Jun 2020
Professor Chris Phillipson of MICRA along with MUARG Director Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Sophie Yarker and Camilla Lewis have put together the latest ...
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‘Lost in the community’ blog by Chris Phillipson reviews Covid-19 and care homes
26 May 2020
Professor Chris Phillipson of the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) has authored a blog concerning Covid-19 and ...
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MICRA hosts first ever webinar on COVID-19 and older people
22 May 2020
MICRA has historically hosted a successful seminar series, focusing on issues of ageing and attracting a varied audience of up to and over 100 ...
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MICRA academic takes part in Public Health Week webinar
20 May 2020
MICRA's Dr Tine Buffel, who directs MUARG (Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group), contributed to a series of public webinars, hosted last week by ...
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'Keep-On-Keep-Up' app launched to keep older people active
14 May 2020
An evidence-based app has been developed at The University of Manchester and released for free to help reduce the high risk of falls and physical...
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Understanding insecurity and risk in later life
12 May 2020
The development of ageing populations has opened up major new issues for social scientists to address, yet we are still only identifying, let alone ...
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MICRA PhD conference goes virtual
6 May 2020
The conference: 'Ageing Population & Lifecourse Trajectories' aims to showcase the range of research among postgraduate and early career ...
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Why gender matters in policy analysis for later life
1 May 2020
Debbie Price, Professor of Social Gerontology and former MICRA Director, explained the relationship between policy analysis, gender and later life...
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Older people’s stay healthy lockdown guide published
1 May 2020
A guide to help older people stay healthy at home during the COVID-19 lockdown has been published by academics at The University of Manchester.
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How social distancing deepens inequalities among older people
29 Apr 2020
Patty Doran, Chris Phillipson, Tine Buffel, Sophie Yarker and Camilla Lewis of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group discuss the negative impact...
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COVID-19 and the effect on haulage drivers
27 Apr 2020
Haulage drivers are key workers during the pandemic, but there has been little discussion about how the crisis is affecting them, say Sheena Johnson ...
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MICRA academic appointed Research Theme Lead at Thomas Ashton Institute
22 Apr 2020
Dr Johnson has been a key, highly valued member of the MICRA Management Board and close affiliate of the Institute for a number of years. An ...
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Pak-AGE: Pakistan Longitudinal Study of Healthy Brain Ageing
21 Apr 2020
Recently appointed MICRA Co-Director, Prof Tarani Chandola was part of a team led by Prof Iracema Leroi that was successful in obtaining pump-priming...
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How technology can support social connections for older people
20 Apr 2020
Sophie Yarker, a Research Fellow at the University, has conducted a brief literature review for Ambition for Ageing on the use of information and ...
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The effect of COVID-19 in residential and nursing homes
16 Apr 2020
Can society be trusted to run care homes? An age-old question but one which has come back with a vengeance with the emerging catastrophe caused by ...
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How we’re helping the most vulnerable in our society deal with the COVID-19 outbreak
8 Apr 2020
How does the social care system cope with the coronavirus outbreak and keep its workforce safe? And how do you discuss the sensitive topic of ...
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NHS at 70: Seeking stories for new digital archive
7 Apr 2020
Here at The University of Manchester, NHS at 70 has been recording people’s NHS stories for the first Digital Archive of NHS history since 2017....
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Ageing research continues at MICRA throughout coronavirus crisis
3 Apr 2020
During this challenging time, the University of Manchester has continued with research, teaching and engagement, albeit with staff now working from...
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Neighbourhood support for older people in the community
31 Mar 2020
A new report from social scientists linked with the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group and the Alliance Manchester Business School recommends a ...
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