SPARC SEMINAR SERIES 2011
Guest Speaker Seminar on Comparative Perspectives on Older People in Social Care

Date: 4 November 2011
Time: 11am to 1am
Location: Regent House, TCD (located directly inside front arch - see attached map. Entrance is via the second brown door on the right in the main arch - the lecture room is upstairs at the top).

Guest Speaker: Prof Teppo Kröger of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Topic: "Trends in Home Care for Older People in Europe"

Guest Speaker: Prof Yueh-Ching Chou of National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Topic: "Older People and Social Care Services in Taiwan"

To book a place please email infospa@tcd.ie or Phone 01 8962914

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Trends in Home Care for Older People in Europe
Older People and Social Care Services in Taiwan

SPARC SEMINAR SERIES 2011
Guest Speaker Seminar

Date: 4 November 2011
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Location: NIID seminar Room (room 3.04), 3rd floor, 3 College Green, TCD (see attached map. As you exit lift on the third floor, turn right, go through the firedoor and the room is on right. )

Guest Speaker: Prof Teppo Kröger of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Topic: "Child care regimes in Europe"

A limited number of places is available. To book, please email infospa@tcd.ie or Phone 01 8962914

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New research project on intergenerational solidarity and justice in Ireland launched by TCD and NUI Galway

The Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre (SPARC), in the School of Social Work and Social Policy of Trinity College Dublin and Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG), as part of the Lifecourse Institute, at NUI Galway are collaborating on a research project to explore intergenerational solidarity and justice in Ireland. By this we mean how people of different generations in Ireland live together, help each other and depend on one another in their daily lives, and how they perceive the social policies that support individuals at different stages of the life course. Examples include making provision to meet costs of health care, pensions and social welfare, and family members or neighbours of different ages helping each other out with everyday tasks. Understanding how people think about and practice intergenerational solidarity at individual and societal levels will instigate a new national dialogue on intergenerational justice in Ireland.
For more information please visit www.sparc.tcd.ie/generations/

Results from First Wave of TILDA launched

The first results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), a national study of 8,000 older people aged 50 and over, were launched on Monday May 9th by the Minister for Health and Children, Dr James Reilly. Speakers at the launch included Prof Rose Anne Kenny, TILDA Lead-PI, Professor Alan Barrett, TILDA Research Director, Prof Charles Normand (TCD), Dr Hilary Cronin (TILDA) and Dr Virpi Timonen (TCD, School of Social Work and Social Policy).

Call for Abstracts for "Ageing Globally – Ageing Locally" conference

Deadline: 11th May 2011 
This conference will be hosted by Cardi (Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland) and will take place on 2 & 3 November 2011. Further details regarding abstract submission and the conference can be found at http://www.cardi.ie/conference2011