A #screenshot of our last plenary talk earlier today 'The Future:'As a wee lassie...' The benefits of narrational relationships in the lives of #olderadults by Dr Sandra Hirst. Insightful as it was informative, especially for qualitative researchers. #BSG2021

Organising #BSG2021 has been wonderful. Thanks to all who have contributed.

We now hand over the baton to Dr Gary Christopher & team UWE Bristol Research from UWE Bristol for British Gerontology conference 2022 'Better futures for older people—towards resilient and inclusive communities'

Thanks!

Congrats to Dr Elizabeth Annabel O'Donnell for winning the @BritGerontology Stirling Prize for best poster at this years conference #BSG2021 - britishgerontology.org/bsg-awards/sti… - Great work Elizabeth!

George Collett from Brunel and Laura Garcia Diaz from McMaster were also commended by the judges.

Happy you were able to attend and glad you enjoyed it - see you soon again! Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) Lancaster #BSG2021

Selected slides from Stephanie Harrison's research Steph Harrison presented at session 5F of #BSG2021 earlier today: Moving to care homes in Wales with recent history of stroke: prevalence, trends, recurrent stroke and mortality

Selected slides from Marie McGee's research presented at session 5F of #BSG2021 earlier today: Understanding the older persons’ experience of urgent and emergency care through the lens of health care professionals

Selected slides from research presented by Stephanie Mulrine at session 5F of #BSG2021 earlier today: Understanding safety incident reporting for residents transitioning between hospital and care home: A qualitative study with care home staff

Selected slides from research presented by Yolanda Barrado-Martin Yolanda Barrado at session 5F of #BSG2021 earlier today: Family carers and professionals’ experiences of supporting people living with dementia’s nutrition and hydration needs towards the end-of-life

Thank you Dr Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld (Maternity Leave) - glad you enjoyed it and things went well! Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) Lancaster #BSG2021

Thank you - see you next year! #BSG2021 Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) Lancaster

The final plenary is about to kick off! Dr Sandra Hirst will discuss the benefits of narrational relationships in the lives of older adults.

Make sure you take your seat soon! 👇👇👇

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Some more work from the 'Caring and compassionate #communities in Belgium: a focus on their development and evaluation' and #Experiences and impacts of the #COVID19 outbreak for older adults living in #Spain and the UK' #BSG2021 symposia

Great final 'Maintaining #health and #wellbeing in later life' session at #BSG2021 with Stu Maitland Newcastle University Dr Theodoros M. Bampouras Lancaster University Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) Lancaster Heloise Debelle Liverpool John Moores University and Jim Traynor

If you've enjoyed the #BSG2021 conference, you may be interested to know about the programmes in ageing research at Lancaster University Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) Lancaster 👇

BSG2021 - Lancaster University Dr Monika Wilinska talking about her work, with Dr Doris Boateng, on older women in Ghana accused of witchcraft: media outraged and calling for change. See this video of old woman being beaten for being a witch (shocking content) youtube.com/watch?v=eAWcbL…

A reminder that in an hour or so we will hear from Dr Sandra Hirst at the final plenary 👇

The closing ceremony will follow at 4.30pm 😥

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Thanks Debora. It's certainly been a great conference so far (and still some great sessions coming up...) and a wonderful experience to organise/host #BSG2021

Some of the #Gerontopets at #BSG2021 - if you couldn't make it please do share a photo with us.

Really powerful session happening over lunch on co-research with people living with dementia, chaired by @Hazel_MorbeyLU & Caroline Swarbrick, and featuring amazing co-researchers John OD, Pam Begg & Rita Brady. They've all made amazing contributions to the field #BSG2021

The best way to find out more about UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing is through their Stories. Check out their website now, where they store a plethora of blogs, news items, success stories and videos to paint a rich picture of their #ageingintelligence mission: uknica.co.uk/our-stories/ #BSG2021