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Dr Mo Ray awarded a £3,000 grant
Dr Mo Ray, RI for Social Sciences, and Mary Pat Sullivan (Brunel University) have been awarded a £3,000 grant by the Averil Osborn Fund to undertake some exploratory research exploring the experience of ageing without children. Childless older people have traditionally been regarded as uniquely disadvantaged when compared to older people with children. Recently there has been recognition that defining ageing without children as an undifferentiated and inevitably disadvantaged experience is inappropriate. Yet it is still the case that little is known about the diverse contexts in which people age without children or their possible implications. This exploratory study will use biographical interviews to investigate the experience of ageing without children. The impact, or otherwise, ageing without children has on the development and maintenance of social and support networks and personal wellbeing, will be explored.
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