Reflections

As we begin to look forward to our second HOMeAGE training event in Ancona, Italy in April, we reflect on some of our learnings from our 1st Training Session in Galway Ireland – you can watch back all the sessions (outlined below) from our Public Day here

Research overview and approaches in ageing in place research
Chair – Laura Christ, HOMeAGE Reference Group; Older Women’s Network, NL

• Theorizing place and ageing: Models and concepts from an Environmental Gerontology perspective
  Presenter – Frank Oswald, Goethe University, Germany
• The pre-conditions for ageing in place: A socio-economic perspective
  Presenters – Marco Arlotti and Micol Bronzini, Marche Polytechninc University, Italy

Ageing in place policy overview: Research informed perspectives
Chair – Kieran Walsh, University of Galway, Ireland

• Policy perspectives and agendas in ageing in place
  Presenter – Alana Officer, Demographic Change & Healthy Ageing, WHO
• Spatial justice and the right to an age-friendly community
  Presenter – Tine Buffel, UoM, the UK

Critical thinking and policy and scholarly debates in ageing in place
Chair – Patricia Conboy, International Panel of Policy and Research Experts (IPPRE)

• Making research policy-relevant: Why place matters
  Presenter – Norah Keating, Global Social Initiative on Ageing, IAGG, (IPPRE), CA
• Critical issues in research on ageing in place: A geographical gerontologist’s perspective
  Presenter – Malcolm Cutchin, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences,
  (IPPRE), US