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| Age UK | ||
| Age UK aims to improve outcomes for older people in a wide variety of areas that may affect their lives. First-class research, knowledge and research partnerships support this aim. We:
• carry out research ourselves to generate authoritative evidence on age and ageing to achieve change and development in policy and services for older people
• fund research carried out by others that will lead to positive solutions for later life
• are a hub for knowledge about older people and issues in ageing for ourselves and others
• work in partnership with others from a local to global level to support the promotion and generation ( http://www.ageuk.org.uk/professional-resources-home/research/ ) | ||
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| British Society for Research on Ageing BSRA | ||
| British Society for Research on Ageing BSRA
The British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) promotes research to understand the causes and effects of the ageing process. BSRA encourages publication and public understanding of ageing research and holds an annual scientific meeting. The Springer Journal, Biogerontology, is the formal affiliated Journal of the society. Biogerontology offers a platform for research which aims primarily at achieving healthy old age accompanied by improved longevity. ( http://www.bsra.org.uk/ ) | ||
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| Alzheimers Society | ||
| The Society provides reliable and up to date information to help with every aspect of living with dementia: from understanding diagnosis and assessment to treatment options. The website has over a hundred factsheets and other publications on dementia providing answers to many common questions. ( http://alzheimers.org.uk/ ) | ||
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| Journal of Intergenerational Relationships | ||
| Read the journal’s special issue on: Grandparenting in Europe. Interesting articles include: Grandmothers as replacement parents in single parent families and grandfathers in contemporary families. ( http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjir20/8/3 ) | ||
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| How does the ageing brain affect behaviour? | ||
| This research reports that decreased inhibitory ability in late adulthood can lead to unintended prejudice,
social inappropriateness, depression, and gambling problems. This is due to significant atrophy within the frontal
lobes, the seat of executive functioning. Read more about this research here ( http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070921100332.htm ) | ||
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| Is wisdom nothing more than a slower functioning brain? | ||
| This article reports recent neurobiological studies related to subcomponents of wisdom identified from several published definitions/descriptions of wisdom by clinical investigators in the field, ie, prosocial attitudes/behaviors, social decision making/pragmatic knowledge of life, emotional homeostasis, reflection/self-understanding, value relativism/tolerance, and acknowledgment of and dealing effectively with uncertainty. ( http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/66/4/355 ) | ||
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| Resilience | ||
| This article in the Scientific American discusses how when tragedy strikes, most of us ultimately rebound surprisingly well. Where does such resilience come from? ( http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-neuroscience-of-true-grit ) | ||
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