Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches

Yarker, Sophie; Buffel, Tine

doi:10.1080/08959420.2022.2049571

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COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Everyday Life during the Pandemic (2023)
Book
Lewis, C., Phillipson, C., Yarker, S., & Lang, L. (2023). COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Everyday Life during the Pandemic. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.3919362

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure (2021)
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Yarker, S. (2021). Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839827389

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local neighbour... Read More about Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure.

“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure (2022)
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Lewis, C., Yarker, S., Hammond, M., Kavanagh, N., & Phillipson, C. (in press). “Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure. Urban Planning, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i4.5689

This article explores the potential impact of future urban regeneration for older people “ageing in place” in an inner-city neighbourhood, Collyhurst, Manchester, UK. Collyhurst has been reshaped by de-industrialisation, demolition of housing, disinv... Read More about “Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure.

Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives (2023)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., Doran, P., & Buffel, T. (2024). Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives. Gerontologist, 64(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad002

This paper argues for a greater theorization of “place” within aging-in-place research. It extends calls for a relational conceptualization of place by demonstrating the need for aging-in-place researchers to also pay greater attention to territorial... Read More about Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives.

Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches (2022)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., & Buffel, T. (2022). Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 34(2), 254-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2022.2049571

Despite the identification of social inclusion as a key objective of age-friendly policies and programs, there is limited research evidence as to either the extent to which this has been achieved or how it might be realized. Gaps remain in our unders... Read More about Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches.