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ICT use has a positive effect on loneliness among the elderly

ICT self efficacy and health consciousness can moderate the relationship between ICT use and loneliness

ICT use played a significant role in this study in mitigating elderly loneliness

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telephone befriending as an effective low level method to decrease loneliness among older people. This study evaluated a national befriending scheme across the UK 2007-2008. Older people discussed gain confidence, re-engaging with the community and becoming socially active again. Themes: life is worth living, gained a sense of belonging, knew they had a friend, a healthy mind is a healthy body, the alleviation of loneliness and anxiety, increased self-confidence, ordinary conversation, a trusted and reliable service, the future- giving something back.

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There is increasing policy recognition that the alleviation of social isolation and loneliness in older people should be prioritised. Recently, technology, such as telephone networks and the Internet, has received attention in supporting isolated and lonely older people. Despite lack of evidence, telephone befriending has been considered an effective low-level method to decrease loneliness among older people. This study evaluated the impact of a national befriending scheme for isolated and/or lonely older people, involving eight project sites across the UK 2007-2008. The purpose was to assess the impact of different models of telephone-based befriending services on older people's health and well-being. A mixed methods approach was used. This paper reports on the findings from 40 in-depth interviews with older service recipients. The most important finding was that the service helped older people to gain confidence, re-engage with the community and become socially active again. Three topics were identified: why older people valued the service, what impact it had made on their health and well-being and what they wanted from the service. In addition, nine subthemes emerged: life is worth living, gaining a sense of belonging, knowing they had a friend, a healthy mind is a healthy body, the alleviation of loneliness and anxiety, increased self-confidence, ordinary conversation, a trusted and reliable service, the future - giving something back. In conclusion, the findings present in-depth qualitative evidence of the impact of telephone befriending on older people's well-being. Befriending schemes provide low-cost means for socially isolated older people to become more confident and independent and develop a sense of self-respect potentially leading to increased participation and meaningful relationships.

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The use of telephone befriending in low level support for socially isolated older people - an evaluation

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There is increasing policy recognition that the alleviation of social isolation and loneliness in older people should be prioritised. Recently, technology, such as telephone networks and the Internet, has received attention in supporting isolated and lonely older people. Despite lack of evidence, telephone befriending has been considered an effective low-level method to decrease loneliness among older people.

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Potential Contact- Bath Ramblers Walking for Health Group and walking to health by Bath and North East Somerset Age UK

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Potential Contact- Bath Ramblers Walking for Health Group and walking to health by Bath and North East Somerset Age UK

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Potential Contacts- Community food growing projects 

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Potential Contacts- Community food growing projects 

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Bath area growers- is a network of 13  groups growing fruit and vegetables around bath. Get in touch for volunteering and training opportunities, courses and events

Environmental sustainability network- find and share community growing events,  projects and news happening in B&NES

Federation of community gardens and city farms- offers guidance and support for new and existing food growing projects

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Potential Contact- Bath Mind Advocacy for Older People Service

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Potential Contact- Bath Mind Advocacy for Older People Service

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Exists to help and support people in Bath and North East Somerset so that they can communicate their needs and make informed choices about decisions which directly affect the quality of their lives. Carers can also have support from the service, as can older people and people with dementia.

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National charity providing advice and information to older people, their relatives and carers, on issues relating to community care and housing.

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Well Aware is a new, free information resource for everyone in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset providing help on a range of issues including finding a lunch/ social club to getting support around the home.

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Intergenerational education as a strategy for promoting active ageing: analysing the needs of a local community as a way to develop relevant and sustainable projects of intervention 

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Intergenerational education as a strategy for promoting active ageing: analysing the needs of a local community as a way to develop relevant and sustainable projects of intervention 

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This paper provides some useful information about the principles of effective intergenerational engagement along with useful objectives and evaluative points to consider when we first plan to develop our project.  Conceive a plan of intergenerational education programs to be developed within the studied community, settled on sustainable bases regarding its development and implementation, with the purpose of fomenting active aging.  Point out the importance of planning intergenerational programs starting from the individuals and communities involved, paying special attention to the specificities of its conception and development, from the active aging point of view. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anabela-Martins-3/publication/258998838_Facilitators_and_Barriers_to_Active_and_Healthy_Ageing/links/004635362817c3a60a000000/Facilitators-and-Barriers-to-Active-and-Healthy-Ageing.pdf#page=163

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Gardens as Learning Spaces: Intergenerational Learning in Urban Food Gardens

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Gardens as Learning Spaces: Intergenerational Learning in Urban Food Gardens

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Urban food gardens are situated at the interfaces between individuals, households, generations, neighbourhoods, communities, public institutions, and market forces. Urban food gardens constitute spaces where a great deal of learning takes place among those engaged in gardening activities. More specifically, this paper explores urban food gardens as learning spaces in which socially organized intergenerational non formal and informal learning takes place. Service-based intergenerational learning in community gardens also serves the education and training of young people in the welfare and care professions (Hegeman, Roodin, Gilliland, & Ó’Flathabháin, 2010). Urban farms and community gardens have developed their activities as providers of day-care facilities for the elderly in addition to the husbandry of animals and the production of food. Therapy gardens and community arts may also provide an opportunity for intergenerational engagement. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15350770.2017.1260369

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Urban gardens are well established on the activist, policy and research agendas. This article addresses urban gardens as learning spaces for nonformal and informal learning activities. It examines different forms of intergenerational learning that take place in urban gardens. The article comprises an extensive review of the literature with regard to four modalities of intergenerational learning activities in urban gardens: household spaces; service-based spaces; shared-site spaces; and contested spaces.

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ABSTRACT Urban gardens are well established on the activist, policy and research agendas. This article addresses urban gardens as learning spaces for nonformal and informal learning activities. It examines different forms of intergenerational learning that take place in urban gardens.

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Intergenerational health promotion programmes 

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Intergenerational health promotion programmes 

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We could create a community garden initiative in partnership with student services and Age UK to invite students and older adults to grow and plant fresh produce in the University's allotment. This would allow ideas to be shared along with learnt experiences and could help to reduce ageism by involving both populations in the University community. Gardening also provides benefits for both physical and mental health. Growing fresh produce to share may also help to support students and older adults with nutritional intake and healthy eating as well as supporting reductions in climate change. To have a greater social impact, any surplus fresh produce could be donated to Bath's Foodbank or Foodcycle schemes and this partnership may provide opportunities for both students and older adults to volunteer in community engagement.

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Creating intergenerational spaces that promote health and well-being

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Creating intergenerational spaces that promote health and well-being

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The chapter describes some design approaches for creating intergenerational indoor and outdoor environments that are conducive to healthy, active lifestyles for people of all ages. It explores issues related to creating parks and playgrounds, streets and sidewalks, purpose-built age-integrated centres ('intergenerational shared site' facilities) and other community settings where the generations can readily meet, interact and work together to adopt healthier lifestyle behaviours. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203736920-3/creating-intergenerational-spaces-promote-health-well-being-matthew-kaplan-jawaid-haider

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DOI link for Creating intergenerational spaces that promote health and well-being

Creating intergenerational spaces that promote health and well-being book

DOI link for Creating intergenerational spaces that promote health and well-being

Creating intergenerational spaces that promote health and well-being book

By Matthew Kaplan, Jawaid Haider

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Supporting the mental health of both the student and older adult population by establishing organised walks around Bath and the surrounding skyline, which may also help to reduce social isolation from the Pandemic. Older adults could volunteer to lead the walks and provide first year fresher students with an insight into their knowledge of the area, including the history of some of Bath's heritage sites, such as the Abbey, Roman Baths and Royal Crescent. Walks in nature are also likely to provide benefits for wellbeing, connectivity and physical health, e.g. reducing the risk of falls in the older adult population.

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Dementia in care homes: Using an intergenerational programme to support engagement, community inclusion and positive care environments

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Dementia in care homes: Using an intergenerational programme to support engagement, community inclusion and positive care environments

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Therapeutic interventions and activities are often used in care homes to improve the quality of life for residents with dementia. Intergenerational programmes are one form of intervention which may offer benefits to the care home environment and its residents by engaging people with dementia in new relationships and activities with younger people. This study explored the use of an intergenerational programme called Up which brings together school children and CH residents for weekly visits.
https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.039874

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/qhw.v5i1.4654
ways for elderly to handle loneliness... solitary activities such as gardening and thinking of good memories. Good to initiate discussion of their memories and life experiences- maintain that cognition and improve mood.

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Eating habits and meal experiences mediate loneliness. Look into ways that elderly people can eat with others every so often if they live on their own. Also this research found less creativity to be associated with loneliness. So if we could help elderly people express their creative side that could improve mood and reduce loneliness

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Student and older adult wellbeing buddies

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Student and older adult wellbeing buddies

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Students and older adults could meet up in the city/organise events on campus to reduce negative stereotypes that each group has about the other. This could be through wellbeing events such as arts and crafts or more simple like phone calls, meeting up for a coffee.

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Potential contact - Curo independent lives

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Potential contact - Curo independent lives

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https://www.curo-group.co.uk/independent-lives/
Curo work to ensure older adults can live independently for longer.

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This is the section of Curo's website where you will find information on support for young people, temporary accommodation, sheltered housing, independent living services, and step-down accommodation for people ready to leave hospital but not ready to go home.

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Interventions typically have a weak evidence base because older people do not perceive them as desirable or helpful. Group-based activities with a shared interest are preferred to one-to-one support or social groups. Negative views when services are perceived as being badged for targeting lonely older people... so best to be careful and word it in a way that activities with younger people are mutually beneficial, they're not organised out of sympathy but rather to just forge a stronger community etc

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lack of hobbies strongly predicted loneliness in this study. loneliness then negatively affected quality of life. So incorporating interaction with younger people via the means of a hobby e.g. gardening could be powerful!

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This is the last chapter of the book (Applewhite, A., 2019), which made a positive call to Ageism! The whole book is available on Bath Library website (though with some limited download quotas)

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This is the last chapter of the book (Applewhite, A., 2019), which made a positive call to Ageism! The whole book is available on Bath Library website (though with some limited download quotas)

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I also found another book called "This chair rocks : a manifesto against ageism" (Applewhite, A.,2019) which seems to be relevant. I downloaded two interesting chapters and would like to share with you guys. Here is the chapter 1, an introduction of what ageism is. 

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I also found another book called "This chair rocks : a manifesto against ageism" (Applewhite, A.,2019) which seems to be relevant. I downloaded two interesting chapters and would like to share with you guys. Here is the chapter 1, an introduction of what ageism is. 

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Organising tech sessions run by students for older adults in the area. This will help develop their technology skills such as how to use a smart phone, making online bookings, social media etc. and get university students to interact with older people.

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I found a bite-sized literature review (a letter to the editor) about Ageism. I just realise that 1 Oct was the International Day of Older Persons!  I like the idea that it talks about how Ageism, inflicted by implicit bias and unspoken prejudice, and its internalisation is complicated. 

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I found a bite-sized literature review (a letter to the editor) about Ageism. I just realise that 1 Oct was the International Day of Older Persons!  I like the idea that it talks about how Ageism, inflicted by implicit bias and unspoken prejudice, and its internalisation is complicated. 

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Points of contacts: I think besides charities and care homes, we could establish collaborations with hospitals or clinics and see if their patients would like to share their ageing issues with us. In most jurisdictions/countries, we have public and private hospitals and clinics. What I can also think about is the private teaching hospitals in Hong Kong. For example, we have CUHK Medical Centre Limited (a non-profit, private teaching hospital wholly owned by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since this type of private teaching hospitals are also run and owned by universities (understanding the importance of research), I think the likelihood of developing collaborations would be higher. Also, there is another popular type of clinics which specialise in Chinese Medicine. In particular, older people tend to see doctors from these Chinese Medicine specialty clinics if they have some minor recurring problems. 

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Points of contacts: I think besides charities and care homes, we could establish collaborations with hospitals or clinics and see if their patients would like to share their ageing issues with us. In most jurisdictions/countries, we have public and private hospitals and clinics. What I can also think about is the private teaching hospitals in Hong Kong. For example, we have CUHK Medical Centre Limited (a non-profit, private teaching hospital wholly owned by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since this type of private teaching hospitals are also run and owned by universities (understanding the importance of research), I think the likelihood of developing collaborations would be higher. Also, there is another popular type of clinics which specialise in Chinese Medicine. In particular, older people tend to see doctors from these Chinese Medicine specialty clinics if they have some minor recurring problems. 

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Welcome!

Hello and welcome to The Bath WI website. We are currently in the process of updating our website (hence why some information looks a bit outdated!) It will be completed soon but please be aware that all meetings go ahead as normal. You can find more information on our Facebook page. Thanks for your patience.

The Bath WI is part of the the largest voluntary women's organisation in the UK.

that inspires women to learn new skills, discover new interests and share experiences. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month at St Mary's Church in Bathwick, a short walk from the centre of the city. Doors open at 7pm for a drink and a chat, with the meeting proper starting at 7.30.

We hope to welcome women of all ages and from all backgrounds in Bath who are looking for a safe and inspiring environment in which to find friendship and support. We hope to play a unique role in providing the women of Bath with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on the issues that matter to us and our community.

We would love you to come along and find out a little bit more about us, so feel free to come along to a meeting and introduce yourself. There is a small charge to come to a meeting as a guest, details in join the Bath WI. You may also want to bring some change with you to buy refreshments.

The Bath WI is one of a number of WIs in Bath and comes under the Avon Federation of Women's Institutes. To find out more about the Women's Institute or to find a group closer to you then visit: http://www.thewi.org.uk/

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Live | Learn | Laugh Welcome! Hello and welcome to The Bath WI website. We are currently in the process of updating our website (hence why some information looks a bit outdated!) It will be completed soon but please be aware that all meetings go ahead as normal.

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Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association | Localgiving

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BEMSCA was established in September 1993 initially to provide a luncheon club service for older members of the Caribbean, Asian and Chinese communities within Bath and North East Somerset. BEMSCA offers space where older people can meet and socialise with people from a similar ethnic background to themselves. They can also access advice and information on a broad range of health, housing and welfare issues which can be a lifeline to communities who do not speak English as their first language.
Why the community needs us
We run a day care centre and outreach programme which supports members who are unable to leave their home because of their health or disability. Through the employment of two part time project workers plus a team of volunteers, we work with representatives across a broad range of services including banks, utility services, healthcare, legal advice and support to ensure members can make informed decisions about issues that affect their quality of life.
Our impact on the community
BEMSCA services over 190 members and their families to ensure that the needs of the BME community have been considered. Demand on our services is very high and we are looking to develop work across a broad range of ethnic groups.

Looking for help with research, event co-ordination, basic compute work

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Shared Learning Experiences to Improve Well-being

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Shared Learning Experiences to Improve Well-being

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The ABC embarks on an intergenerational experiment – Ageless Play

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Students working with older people get a fresh perspective on modern life | Parents of students 16 and over | The Guardian

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eing lonely is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Older people, who are more likely to live alone, or have health conditions that make it harder to leave the house, are particularly susceptible to loneliness and isolation. But so are students, who often move to different parts of the country for university and can have trouble settling in and making friends.

Unless you have grandparents you are close to, students and young people can have little contact with members of older generations - meaning they miss out on the value of those types of relationships and conversations.

One mutually beneficial way of alleviating older people's isolation and helping students meet new people is through volunteering. From cocktails in care homes to art classes, we spoke to four people about their experiences of different volunteering projects and how helping others benefited them too.

'Sometimes just a wee bit of chit chat cheers them up'
Lesley Finlayson, graduate in contemporary art practice from the City of Glasgow College
I've just finished my degree in contemporary art practice and am looking to do a postgrad in teaching. I was looking for hands-on experience of how to organise and run an art class, and settled on volunteering at my local hospice.

The class is once a week on Friday afternoons and I organise it around what the patients are interested in, so we've been doing some painting and drawing. Some ladies in the group fancy doing silk scarf painting so we're going to be doing that soon. I like the fact that it's quite easy going and enjoy talking to someone new. Sometimes just a wee bit of chit chat cheers them up and takes their mind off their illness.

They ask me lots of questions about art - their perception of it is completely different to the younger generation. They perceive art to be traditional and hearing their opinions on contemporary art is amusing at times. It sparks a bit of debate. The funny one was about Tracey Emin's bed. I was trying to explain how it's like sculpture but they just said no, none of them liked it.

I put everybody's work together so it makes a rural scene. Usually they're shy and say they don't want their work to be displayed, but when they see it next to other people's they think it looks really good. When it's finished it goes up in the corridor of the hospice, so that patients, staff and visitorts can see it too. I'm definitely satisfied at the end of each session and am constantly learning.

'It's nice to have somebody to talk to. I'm all by myself, all the time'
Pam, 87, living in Hull, uses the Silverline Friend service through which she is called once a week by Ellie, a student.
It was my niece who signed me up for Silverline. I've lived by myself for so long and she used to say, "You haven't got enough to do, you're getting bored". So she signed me up.

It's nice to have somebody to talk to. I'm all by myself, all the time - there are nurses who come in and a lady who does the housework, but apart from that I'm by myself. My husband died ages ago - I was only 54 - so I've been without a partner for a long time.

I do like a chat and with Emma it's gradually got to the point that we know more about each other and we can talk easily now. She rings me at the same time once a week. I think we're supposed to talk for half an hour but it usually goes on a bit longer and sometimes she'll realise it's later than she thought and have to rush off because we've been talking too long!

The first person I spoke to had just had a baby and we talked quite a lot about that - I told her what it was like when I had my babies. Talking to someone younger is nice - if it was an older person I think we might end up grumbling. I talk to my sister, who is 10 years younger than me, but we do grumble a bit when we get together and say, "It wasn't like that in my day".

Silverline is something to look forward to every week, someone to talk to. Although my family come in, it's only for an hour or so. So it's nice to talk to someone at least once a week.

'It's a different type of conversation with older people - and they say we keep them young'

Giovanna Berger, coordinator of the Tea & Coffee Club at the University of York and a PPE student

I remember when I first started going to the Tea & Coffee Club and I sat next to a lady called Doreen. She talked to me about growing up during the war. She obviously enjoyed telling me what it was like when she was younger. She'd had an amazing life and that's why I started going back.

We put on an event every term for the club. So at Christmas time we have Christmas dinner, at Easter we have fish and chips and in the summer we have a tea party.

It's a different type of conversation you have with older people compared with people my age. We can talk freely and it's interesting to hear about how they have lived. We just have a good natter.

The members enjoy it. It gives them another group of people they can talk to. A couple of our newest members met each other on the bus into town the other day and were saying how they went for coffee and they're going to do coffee mornings together now.

If we have a problem, they'll give you advice - they put things in a different light. For example, there's a lot of pressure to find a good job, but I had a conversation with one person who said, "Just find something you enjoy". It's interesting to hear how different their perspective is on modern-day pressures. One of the ladies said we keep them young - we're quite a chatty bunch! I always find it's a good laugh when we meet.

'In care homes you have all sorts of people from different walks of life living under the same roof'
Martha Watmough, 21, student of anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London and a volunteer at Magic Me
I've volunteered at a few cocktails in care homes events, where they have parties in care homes across London. All you do is go along and sit with residents, have a drink with them and spend time chatting.

You meet really interesting people. Last time I went I was chatting with a gentleman who is a portrait artist and has worked in the National Portrait Gallery. You forget that there is such a mix of residents in care homes, all sorts of people from different walks of life living under the same roof. So you never know who you're going to meet.

I think the residents enjoy it because it's so different to the normal routine. In a care home, no matter how amazing it is, you're still stuck in the same place, in the same routine, not really seeing many people. It's nice to meet somebody new and do something out of the norm.

There's not many social situations outside of the family where people of different generations socialise together, so it's nice having an environment where people of different ages can have a chat.
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What students can learn from older people

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eing lonely is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Older people, who are more likely to live alone, or have health conditions that make it harder to leave the house, are particularly susceptible to loneliness and isolation.

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Arts project challenges stereotypes of ‘old age’

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Dr Lovatt, who is based in the University's Faculty of Social Sciences, said: "I wanted to challenge the limited and oppressive narratives that are associated with older age. Older people are often linked to words like decline and dependency - very depressing and negative terms.

"There are also few diverse, cultural representations of later life in popular culture and I wanted to allow older people, or those who identify as being older, to use their imagination and desires to create their own stories about what they want to do in their future."

The performances, taking place 10 - 12 June, have been developed, improvised and rehearsed over Zoom. Each performance will end with a discussion on how it has impacted the audience's perceptions, and the experience of both the cast and audience will be captured and used to feed into Dr Lovatt's research.

"The pandemic has unfortunately further reinforced negative stereotypes of older people," Dr Lovatt added. "During rehearsals, one participant shared her experience of turning 70 in the first lockdown, and because of the way the 'over 70s' were being spoken about in this context - that they were vulnerable, frailer than the rest of society, and should stay indoors, for example - she felt as if she had had this personality ascribed to her that she couldn't relate to and that felt very limiting and alienating.

"It really matters that we get away from this attitude that older people just need their basic needs met, they should have their aspirations and wants met too. We are all living longer and we will all have a longer period in 'older age' than previously, our plans and ambitions for the future should not stop in our thirties or forties."

Gavin Crichton, Artistic Director of Active Inquiry, said: "Theatre is a really useful tool to explore societal issues like ageism, which can be a difficult concept to pin down.

"But by using Forum Theatre, which allows the audience to stop the action and change a play and its outcome, we can explore what ageism looks like, how it occurs in day-to-day life, and enable an audience to tackle the wider questions about future and older age."

Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, Dr Lovatt is working on the wider research project ' Reimagining the Future in Older Age ' alongside her Stirling colleague Dr Valerie Wright. The study explores the relationship between older age and the future and will provide practical guidance for policymakers.

Reimagining the Future is available to watch online on 10 June (2.30pm-4.30pm), 11 June (10am-12pm) and 12 June (5pm - 7pm). For tickets, visit: thefuture.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Lovatt, who is based in the University's Faculty of Social Sciences, said: "I wanted to challenge the limited and oppressive narratives that are associated with older age.

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To bridge the gap between the generations. Finding a project that would connect students with the elderly connecting on uniting topics. Examples would include a project that partnered students who understand tech or medication to talk through and teach the elderly who struggle in that related field. The project could sign up students at the University or Sixth Form/College and at sessions once a month could visit a care home in the area or run a class at Uni.

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Students and older people chatting in lockdown

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Students and older people chatting in lockdown

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/07/french-senior-citizens-link-up-with-language-students-in-lockdown

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French senior citizens link up with language students in lockdown

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ShareAmi scheme aims to combat the isolation felt by many older people during the pandemic

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https://virgincare.co.uk/category/adult-community-health/bath-and-north-east-somerset/

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We at Virgin Care have been working flat out with the NHS, local authorities and other partners helping the response to Covid-19. Here, our Head of Commissioning and Wellbeing in Bath and North East Somerset, writes...

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BSW Adult Community Health and Care Services - Virgin Care

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We at Virgin Care have been working flat out with the NHS, local authorities and other partners helping the response to Covid-19. Here, our Head of Commissioning and Wellbeing in Bath and North East Somerset, writes...

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https://www.ageuk.org.uk/bathandnortheastsomerset/

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Welcome to Age UK Bath & North East Somerset

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Age UK Bath & North East Somerset is an independent charity working in Bath & North East Somerset to offer support and services to older people. Find out more about us.