Theme: Research

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1. AgeSource Worldwide.
   

   http://www.aarp.org/research/agesource/
   Searchable online database of information resources about aging.
2. Hackney Borough Profile, 2006.
   

   http://www.hackney.gov.uk/xp-boroughprofile_cover.pdf
   A statistical overview of the Borough in PDF format. The file is large (144 pages, 3400 Kb).
3. New Dynamics of Ageing.
   

   http://newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk/
   "The programme aims to develop practical policy and implementation guidance and novel scientific, technological and design responses to help older people enjoy better quality lives. This requires integrating understandings of the changing meanings, representations and experiences of ageing and the key factors shaping them (including behavioural, biological, clinical, cultural, historical, social, economic and technological), through direct engagement with older people and user organisations. The programme will harness inputs from a wide range of disciplines to reveal the dynamic interplay between ageing individuals and their changing technological, cultural, social and physical environments - local, national and global - and to develop methods and means for overcoming the consequent constraints on the quality of life of older people."
4. Older people and Communications Technology, July 2006.
   

   http://www.ofcomconsumerpanel.org.uk/files/information/olderpeople/Older_people_and_communications_technology.pdf
   "This research report is the Ofcom Consumer Panel's first step at understanding what enables some older people to engage with communications technologies and what the barriers are for those who do not."
5. Research on Age Discrimination.
   

   http://www.open.ac.uk/hsc/research/research-projects/road/home.php
   "The RoAD Project is investigating how age discrimination is experienced by older people, and how it affects all our lives. A particular emphasis is on forms of discrimination which are neglected in the media despite being a common experience for older people. The project will develop tools and strategies for challenging ageist behaviour and promoting a more age-inclusive society".
6. Retirement Capital and Online Social Networking.
   

   http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/record.jsp?type=publication&ID=14
   "Online social networking and older people are not often thought of together. But this think-piece argues that sites such as 'MySpace' and 'LinkedIn' could be used by retired people to make their human and social capital available for the benefit of society."

1. eGovernment.
2. eGovernment : Resources.
3. Health and Well-Being.
4. Information Sources : Facts and Statistics.
5. Lifelong Learning.
6. Senior Citizens : Age Discrimination.
7. Senior Citizens : Campaigns.
8. Senior Citizens : Organisations.
9. Services and Advice.