Ageing
Older people must be at the centre of community life and be treated as gifted and valued citizens until the end of life.
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Life Nourishment
A review of Simon Goldsmith's book Life Nourishment, which explores how to build relationships and community
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Your Life Is Important Too
Terry Lynch shares his personal insight on why it's important for carers to take care of themselves.
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Make A Difference - Support Valued Experiences
John O'Brien has produced a colouring book to be used to help us build a valued life for ourselves or those we care about.
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Our New Family
Peter Leidy shares his family's experience of partnering with another family to support an elderly relative.
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Assisted Dying
Michael Balkow argues that compassion and respect for the autonomy of those with terminal illnesses requires change in the law to enable assisted suicide.
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Next Steps on Inclusion
Simon Duffy wonders why progress to inclusion seems to have stalled and sets out the case for personalised support.
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Caring for Older People is Not a Wicked Problem
Sarah Taylor explains why ageing and the 'problems' associated with care for older people are not so much 'wicked problems' but functions of faulty thinking.
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Growing Older
Mervyn Eastman talks with Simon Duffy about growing older, the meaning of citizenship and the challenges facing the welfare state and society today.
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Citizenship in an Ageing Society
In the short essay Simon Duffy summarises the argument of his Sir Keith Wilson Oration at the 2014 Australian Association of Gerontology.
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Mythology and Getting Old
In this film for "We Chose To Climb" 2015 Terry Lynch explores some of the dangerous mythologies of old age.
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Surviving Cogworld
John O'Brien describes cogworld - the strange assumptions of systems to commodify, regulate and manage care.
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Show Some Emotion
Civitas Vera explores why institutional abuse is so often followed by responses that don't make the necessary difference.
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Dementia Is Everyone's Business
Chris Moon-Willems explains why understanding and supporting people with dementia to live well is relevant to all of us.
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5 Tips for Living Well with Dementia
Chris Moon-Willems shares five important and practical ways in which you can help someone live well with dementia.
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G8 Dementia Summit - Missed Opportunity
Chris Moon-Willems had high hopes for the G8 Dementia Summit held in London in December 2013 to discuss the challenges presented by Dementia.
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Delivering Integrated Dementia Care: The 8 Pillars Model of Community Support
This report by Alzheimer Scotland sets out an integrated and comprehensive, evidence-based approach to supporting people with dementia living at home.
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The 8 Pillars Model of Community Support
The 8 Pillars Model sets out an integrated approach to supporting people with dementia and their families.
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The 8 Pillar Model of Community Support
A report by Lisa Monaghan on the implications of the 8 Pillar Model for supporting people with dementia in practice.
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Hospital - a guide to staying safe
Terry Lynch describes how you can stay safe in hospital - a guide relevant to all of us - but especially older and disabled people.
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Long Term Care Fees - The Truth
Chris Moon-Willems writes about the government's proposed changes to means testing for social care.
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When SDS Doesn't Work
An anonymous account of the real-life failure of self-directed support for a family who needed help.
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All Change for Social Care in England?
Chris Moon-Willems, an independent specialist in care for older people, assesses the Government's plans to reform social care.
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Relative Matters - The essential guide to finding your way around the care system for older people
Fellow of the Centre Chris Moon-Willems has published an important new book on care and support for older people.
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Self-Determination Doesn't End as We Age
Terry Lynch shares his and his mother's experiences of growing older and maintaining dignity and self-determination through independent living.