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Seminar 4 - 'Ageing, Sleep and the Body'

 

Organised jointly with the BSA Study Group on 'Ageing, Body and Society'

 

21st October

'Ageing, Sleep and the Body'

 

10:30-11:00

Coffee/Registration

11:00-11:05

Welcome and Introduction

Sara Arber

11:05-11:20

Ageing, Caring and the Body: Linkages to Sleep

Julia Twigg (University of Kent)

 

 

 

Chair:

Simon Williams (University of Warwick)

 

 

 

 

11:20-12:00

Good sleep, bad sleep and the paradigm of ageing

Chris Gilleard  (St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London)

12:00-12:40

Place, Space and Time for Sleeping in Later Life

Sheila Peace (Open University)

12:40-13:00

Discussion

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Exploring Perceptions of Sleep, Memory and the Ageing Body among Older People with Dementia: Insights from a Qualitative Study

Wendy Martin  (University of Warwick) and Helen Bartlett (University of Queensland)

Chair:
Julia Twigg

(University of Kent)

 

14:30-15:00

The Sleep of Older People with Dementia and Their Caregivers: The Impact of Respite Care

David Lee  (University of Bradford)

15:00-15:15

Discussion

15:15-15:45

Tea

15:45-16:15

Late-life Insomnia: Marginalized, Medicated and Misunderstood

 Kevin Morgan (University of Loughborough)

16:15-16:45

Changes in Women’s Sleep with Ageing: The Women’s Sleep in the UKSurvey
Sara Arber, Jenny Hislop, Marcos Bote Diaz and Rob Meadows (University of Surrey)

16:45-17:15

Discussion

17:15

Close and wine reception