Walker - The New Dynamics of Ageing Volume 1

THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AGEING

Volume 1

Edited by Alan Walker

First published in Great Britain in 2018 by

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This volume and its companion stem from the New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) programme 2005-15, which was funded by no less than five UK research councils: the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Medical Research Council. In breaking the mould of previous inter-council collaborations to create this single programme the research councils are to be congratulated and thanked, not only for the pooled funding, but also for the enormous effort involved to fashion a single commissioning process from five different systems. The Cross-Council Committee on Ageing did the bulk of the heavy lifting and is duly thanked most warmly. Special thanks are due to the ESRC, which led for the other research councils, and especially to Joy Todd for both her initial hard work and constant support over the life of the programme.

Thanks also to the numerous researchers who took part in commissioning panels and in the extensive peer review processes. The NDA Advisory Committee, chaired by Sally Greengross, was a tremendous source of support. Other members were Alan Beazley, Alan Blackwell, Chris Carey, Mark Gorman, Tessa Harding, David Leon, Angela McCullagh, Bronagh Miskelly, Naina Patel, Chris Phillipson, Jim Soulsby and Anthea Tinker. Previous members included Keith Bright, Paul Cann, Steve Cook, Rachel Kyrs, Janet Lord and Tony Martin. Special praise must be given to Anthea Tinker, whose wise advice, clear judgement, enthusiasm and warm friendship could always be relied on.

The Older Persons Reference Group, while rightly challenging at times, was also an essential ingredient in this programmes success. Led by Mary Sinfield, its members included John Barry, Mary Brown, Cynthia Conrad, Jim Harding, Anthony Hill, John Jeffrey, Savita Katbamna, Teresa Lefort, Irene Richards, Elsie Richardson, Elizabeth Sclater, Harbhajan Singh and Brian Todd. Previous members included Diane Andrews, John Appleyard, Bob Bell, Brian Booker, Tony Carter, John Christie, Janet Cullup, Iris Dodds, Christine Hamilton, David Hart, Shirley Heselton, Pauline Richards, Norman Richards, Barbara Shillabeer, Diane Smeeton, Steve Thornett, Stephen Townsend and Urmilla Tanna.

Lastly, sincere thanks to those most closely engaged in the final production process: Sarah Howson, Adele Blinston and Vanessa Rodgers at Sheffield; and Laura Vickers, Isobel Bainton and Rebecca Tomlinson at Policy Press, together with the anonymous reader who provided helpful comments.

Alan Walker

Vasilios Baltzopoulos is Head of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at John Moores University, UK.

Armando Barrientos is Professor of Poverty and Social Justice at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, UK.

Yoav Ben-Shlomo is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, UK.

Ann Bowling is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK.

Stacy Clemes is a Reader in Active Living and Public Health at Loughborough University, UK.

Adelina Comas-Herrera is Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Rachel Cooper is a Programme Leader Track and Senior Lecturer at the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, UK.

Andrea Creech is Professor in Instrumental Didactics, and Canada Research Chair in Music in the Community, in the Faculty of Music at Universit Laval, Canada.

Amanda Crummett is a community worker in Liverpool, UK.

Leela Damodaran is Emeritus Professor of Digital Inclusion and Participation at Loughborough University, UK.

Irene Di Giulio is a Lecturer in Human Anatomy and Biomechanics at Kings College London, UK.

Myanna Duncan is a Lecturer in Psychology at Kings College London, UK.

Jane Elliott is Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter, UK.

Alistair Ewen is a Researcher in the Orthopaedic Department at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.