Research Institute for Social Sciences

Jenny is currently Research Associate on the Longitudinal study of Ageing in a Retirement Community (LARC) at Keele University (www.keele.ac.uk/larc). Following completion of her degree in Psychology at the University of Durham, Jenny 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, Jenny completed the Masters in Gerontology course at Keele. Alongside her work on LARC, she is now registered as a part-time PhD student at Keele under the supervision of Prof. Miriam Bernard and Prof. Julius Sim. Her PhD will explore the representations, expectations and realities of life in a UK retirement village.

• Bernard, M., Liddle, J., Bartlam, B., Scharf, T. and Sim, J. (2012) Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village. Ageing and Society 32(1), 103-129. (Published online 24 February 2011).

Presentations:

• 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) ‘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, 19^th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris.