Going for GOLD! Greater Manchester Growing Older with Learning Disabilities: An inclusive research project to reduce social isolation amongst older adults with learning disabilities

Abstract: This research was part of the Greater Manchester Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GM GOLD) project, which was carried out by a team of 16 older people with learning disabilities. The aim was to reduce social isolation amongst older adults (aged 50+) with learning disabilities and to find out what makes somewhere an age-friendly place to live for older adults with learning disabilities. The team was supported by 'research buddies' from Manchester Metropolitan University and the partner organisations to conduct interviews and focus groups with 59 older people (aged 50-79 years) with learning disabilities from eight Greater Manchester areas (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside, Wigan). Later life transitions for people with learning disabilities are particularly disruptive, and they are at particular risk of social isolation and loneliness. People with learning disabilities have the same rights to relationships and to participate in the cultural life

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 56 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim, Manchester
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO)
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Adams, Michael ; Barber, Andrew ; Beard, Joyce ; Bennett, Eileen ; Caton, Sue ; Chapman, Melanie ; Docherty, Daniel Alex ; Doyle, Pauline ; Fedeczko, Anna ; Grenfell, Frank ; Hardman, Maisie ; Hendrickson, John ; Hendrickson, Pauline ; Hughes, Richard ; Jones, Gwyn ; Lord, Delwyn ; Neville, Andy ; Neville, Jenny ; Shirley Odell ; Owen, Stephen ; Rae, Leon ; Ratcliffe, Alison ; Ratcliffe, Carol ; Sidebottom, Winifred ; White, Christopher
• Contributor: Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO)

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-68527-1
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:42 PM CET