The focus of this conference is older people’s participation in the community and in long-term care settings. It will consider how policies and practices for engaging older people in the community and in long-term care settings differ across countries. Focusing on older people in both the community and in long-term care settings, the conference will explore the principles and practicalities of optimising older people’s participation and the mechanisms for engaging greater numbers of older people as active citizens. 

The conference will be of interest to older people, policy makers, researchers, students, and individuals working in the ageing sector. The conference programme maximises opportunities for networking and exchange between participants. In addition to the plenary sessions, research will be showcased during parallel sessions and in a poster exhibition which will run for the two days of the conference.

Abstracts: 

The organisers welcome abstracts on any of the following themes: 

Older people’s participation in: 

Volunteering 

Help for family, friends, neighbours 

Caring for a sick / disabled person 

Participation in long-term care settings, both residential and home/community 

Active ageing, productive aging, healthy ageing, civic engagement 

Open stream: other topics relating to overall conference theme 

In addition, a parallel session on Day One of the conference will be dedicated to early career researchers or those new to ageing research. The session is titled "Making Sense of Ageing - Emerging Perspectives" and we welcome submissions on a broad range of topics relating to this theme. This session has been kindly supported by CARDI (Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland) who will lead on this session.

The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is Friday 2 June 2010. 

Please submit your abstract of not more than 300 words to ageing.research@tcd.ie. Successful applicants will be notified by Friday 18 June. 

Please indicate whether your abstract submission is for an oral presentation or a poster presentation. 

For registration details and form please email ageing.research@tcd.ie