Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing was established in 1998. We are a multi-disciplinary group with demography as our main disciplinary focus, and links into all four University Divisions. Based on the US Population Center, was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Health to establish the UK's first population center on the demography and economics of aging populations.
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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After the global pandemic there has been a general view that has gone largely unchallenged. It’s that the rise of flexible working has basically been good news for older professional workers ..read more
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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Increasing life expectancy has led to several challenges due to population ageing. One of these challenges, which has not yet received adequate attention, is the intersection of ageing, old age, an ..read more
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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A recent seminar series at the Institute of Population Ageing provided insightful explorations into the intricate landscape of ageing with a disability, bringing attention to a population subgroup ..read more
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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Today, as I celebrate my 40th birthday, I find myself at a unique crossroads between my personal journey and my professional trajectory as a gerontologist and epidemiologist. This milestone offers ..read more
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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In 2021, I wrote a blog on how the way we view ageing may be a pivotal determinant regarding some older migrants’ health, when living in host societies. The question of why older et ..read more
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While technological advancement can be a major driving force behind economic growth, it also has the potential to cause labour displacement. This fear of ‘technological unemployment’ is ..read more
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Ageing is a temporal process. Although this truism is often approached via what Edmund Husserl termed the ‘natural attitude—life’s taken for grantedness, despite its inconsistenci ..read more
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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Older people clearly have much to gain from the model of the ‘15-minute city’. Research suggests they can more easily pop out to the shops, find fresh food or access health services on ..read more
Oxford Institute Of Population Ageing Blog
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Old age constitutes the longest season of a human life. The World Population Ageing Report by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs suggests that old age starts at 60 in low-income conte ..read more
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Watching my young daughter expand her cognitive capacity alongside witnessing the cognitive challenges faced by my father, who lives with dementia, has highlighted to me the cyclical nature of huma ..read more