Ms Jennifer Liddle

Title: Research Associate
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I am currently a Research Associate on two research projects at Keele. Following completion of my degree in Psychology at the University of Durham, I spent two years in the commercial sector before taking up the joint post of Administrator for the Centre for Social Gerontology and for LARC at Keele in 2007. While in this post, I completed the Masters in Gerontology course at Keele. I am now registered as a part-time PhD student at Keele. 

I am currently Research Associate on the Patient Experiences of Gout (PEG) study in the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, and the Longitudinal study of Ageing in a Retirement Community (LARC) in the Research Institute for Social Sciences. Alongside my work on PEG and LARC, I am registered as a part-time PhD student at Keele under the supervision of Prof. Miriam Bernard and Prof. Julius Sim. My PhD will explore the representations, expectations and realities of life in a UK retirement village. 

Selected Publications

  • Liddle J, Scharf T, Bartlam B, Bernard M, Sim J. 2013. Exploring the age-friendliness of purpose-built retirement communities: evidence from England. Ageing and Society. doi>
  • Bartlam B, Bernard M, Liddle J, Scharf T, Sim J. 2013. Creating home-like places in a purpose-built retirement village in the United Kingdom. In Environmental Gerontology: Making Meaningful Places in Old Age. Rowles GD and Bernard M (Eds.). New York: Springer. link>
  • Sim J, Liddle J, Bernard M, Scharf T, Bartlam B. 2012. Home from home? A mixed-methods study of relocation within a purpose-built retirement community. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol. 26(4), 372-394. doi>
  • Bernard M, Liddle J, Bartlam B, Scharf T, Sim J. 2012. Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village. Ageing and Society, vol. 32(1), 103-129. doi>

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Journal Articles

  • Liddle J, Scharf T, Bartlam B, Bernard M, Sim J. 2013. Exploring the age-friendliness of purpose-built retirement communities: evidence from England. Ageing and Society. doi>
  • Sim J, Liddle J, Bernard M, Scharf T, Bartlam B. 2012. Home from home? A mixed-methods study of relocation within a purpose-built retirement community. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol. 26(4), 372-394. doi>
  • Bernard M, Liddle J, Bartlam B, Scharf T, Sim J. 2012. Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village. Ageing and Society, vol. 32(1), 103-129. doi>

Chapters

  • Bartlam B, Bernard M, Liddle J, Scharf T, Sim J. 2013. Creating home-like places in a purpose-built retirement village in the United Kingdom. In Environmental Gerontology: Making Meaningful Places in Old Age. Rowles GD and Bernard M (Eds.). New York: Springer. link>

Presentations

 

Invited Seminars:

 

Liddle, J. (2012) “I’d rather be alone here than alone outside”: Reasons for moving to a UK purpose-built retirement community. Irish Centre for Social Gerontology public seminar series, NUI Galway, Ireland.

 

Presentations:

 

Liddle, J., Scharf, T., Bernard, M., Bartlam, B. and Sim, J. (2012) How age-friendly are purpose-built retirement communities? Towards a conceptual and empirical understanding of age-friendliness. Paper presentation, Canadian Association of Gerontology (CAG) Annual Conference, Vancouver.  

 

Liddle, J. (2012) “I just sort of settled in…like a duck took to water”: Experiences of moving to a UK purpose-built retirement community. Paper presentation, Canadian Association of Gerontology (CAG) Annual Conference, Vancouver.

 

Liddle, J. (2012) Four contrasting experiences of life in a purpose-built retirement village. Poster presentation, British Society of Gerontology (BSG) annual conference, Keele.

 

Liddle, J. (2011) Everyday life in a UK purpose-built retirement community. Paper presentation, Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Conference, Boston.

 

Liddle, J. (2011) Everyday life in a purpose-built retirement village. Paper presentation, British Society of Gerontology (BSG) annual conference, Plymouth.

 

Liddle, J. (2011) Age-friendly outdoor spaces in a purpose-built retirement village. Paper presentation, OPENspace Inclusive Design for getting outdoors conference, Edinburgh.

 

Liddle, J. (2011) Everyday life in a purpose-built retirement village. Poster presentation, Graduate School Research Symposium, Keele.

 

Liddle, J. (2011) Everyday life in a UK retirement village: representations and experiences. Poster presentation, IAGG European Congress, Bologna.

 

Liddle, J., Bartlam, B., Bernard, M., Scharf, T. and Sim, J. (2009) Evolving community in a purpose-built retirement village: findings from the LARC study. Poster presentation, British Society of Gerontology (BSG) annual conference, Bristol.

 

Liddle, J., Bartlam, B., Bernard, M., Scharf, T. and Sim, J. (2009) Ageing in a purpose-built retirement community: towards a longitudinal study. Poster presentation, 19th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris.