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Ageing in place
01 Oct 2025
GOLTC Blog post: Family Care and the Limits of Ageing in Place in South Africa
In this post Vayda Megannon, Elena Moore and Zeenat Samodien (University of Cape Town) share a new study of the Family Caregiving Programme, undertaken across seven sites in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The study engaged with 96 older persons and 103 family caregivers to explore the lived dynamics of elder care. The findings reveal that […]
03 Jun 2025
GOLTC webinar recording: Ageing out of Place – Rethinking Ageing, Place, and Policy in Times of Change
GOLTC Ageing and Place Interest Group webinar Date: 19 May 2025 Time: 11:00 to 12:00 BST Link: Register to join on Zoom The relationship between ageing and place is evolving as demographic trends and societal changes reshape the environments where older adults live, work, and thrive. This workshop explores how the dimensions of being […]
09 Feb 2024
How can we better understand preferences for ‘Ageing-In-Place’ (AIP) | GOLTC webinar recording
Are you interested in connecting with others who are using quasi-experimental methods in long-term care research? On Wednesday 24th January 2024, the new Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC) hosted a webinar which brought together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to share and discuss quasi-experimental methods and what they have shown us about Ageing in […]