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Prof

Simon Biggs

Honorary
Social and Political Sciences
Lifecourse
Intergenerational Relations
Demographic Change
Baby Boomers
Elder Abuse
Age Friendly Environments
Identity
Working Life
aging
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Simon Biggs

 
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Primary Interest
Social Gerontology and Social Policy
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Projects

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THE PARTNERSHIP CENTRE ON DEALING WITH COGNITIVE AND RELATED FUNCTIONAL DECLINE IN OLDER PEOPLE,ALSO KNOWN AS THE COGNITIVE DECLINE PARTNERSHIP CENTRE OR (CDPC)-DEMENTIA IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: ATTITUDES AND INTERVENTIONS - ACTIVITY 18

The focus of this Partnership Centre is how to better apply our existing knowledge and how to create new knowledge that will directly improv..

2016 - 2019
Completed
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Elder Abuse National Research

2018 - 2018
Completed
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THE PARTNERSHIP CENTRE ON DEALING WITH COGNITIVE AND RELATED FUNCTIONAL DECLINE IN OLDER PEOPLE,ALSO KNOWN AS THE COGNITIVE DECLINE PARTNERSHIP CENTRE OR (CDPC)

The focus of this Partnership Centre is how to better apply our existing knowledge and how to create new knowledge that will directly improv..

2013 - 2017
Completed
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PARTNER FUNDS: THE PARTNERSHIP CENTRE ON DEALING WITH COGNITIVE AND RELATED FUNCTIONAL DECLINE IN OLDER PEOPLE,ALSO KNOWN AS THE COGNITIVE DECLINE PARTNERSHIP CENTRE OR (CDPC)

The focus of this Partnership Centre is how to better apply our existing knowledge and how to create new knowledge that will directly improv..

2013 - 2017
Completed
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UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING WORKFORCE VULNERABILITIES IN MIDLIFE AND BEYOND

This project brings together frontline service agencies with researchers from two universities to study involuntary non-participation and un..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING WORKFORCE VULNERABILITIES IN MIDLIFE AND BEYOND

This project brings together frontline service agencies with researchers from two universities to study involuntary non-participation and un..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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AGEING IN THE GROWTH CORRIDORS

2012 - 2014
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

5

Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

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Scholarly Works

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Intergenerational Commensality: A Critical Discussion on Non-Familial Age Groups Eating Together

Simon Biggs, Irja Haapala

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Connecting intergenerational relationships and commensality has been a neglected area in research and conceptual development withi..

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People living with dementia and social inclusion

Ashley Carr, Simon Biggs

Book Chapter  |  2021

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The Distribution of Regulation in Aged and Dementia Care: A Continuum Approach

Ashley Carr, Simon Biggs

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF AGING & SOCIAL POLICY

The regulation of care services has become the principal means by which the state influences provision. In this article we examine..

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How provider organisations interpret regulation in the context of residential dementia aged care

Simon Biggs, Ashley Carr

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

To explore how Australian residential dementia aged care providers respond to regulation via organisational culture, level, proces..

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Organising care, practice and participative research: Papers from the cognitive decline partnership centre

Simon Biggs, Irja Haapala, Susan Kurrle

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

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Dementia as a source of social disadvantage and exclusion

Simon Biggs, Ashley Carr, Irja Haapala

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journal on Ageing

OBJECTIVE: To explore perceptions of the impacts of dementia on people living with the condition and those close to them and exami..

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What you say and what I want: Priorities for public health campaigning and initiatives in relation to dementia

Irja Haapala, Ashley Carr, Simon Riggs

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journal on Ageing

OBJECTIVE: To examine the overlap between priorities expressed by representatives from national and local campaigning organisation..

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Perspective-Taking Interventions for Intergenerational Caregivers of Alzheimer's Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Alma Au, Daniel WL Lai, Simon Biggs, Sheung-Tak Cheng, Irja Haapala-Biggs, Amy Chow, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson

Journal article  |  2019  |  RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

Purpose: The present study examined the effects of perspective-taking (PT) intervention in the context of intergenerational caregi..

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What would I want? Dementia perspectives and priorities among people with dementia, family carers and service professionals

Irja Haapala, Ashley Carr, Simon Biggs

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Care and Caring

Different perspectives on dementia, held by people with dementia, carers and professionals working in helping service industries, ..

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Emotional labour, person-centred care and problem solving in regulating dementia care

Ashley Carr, Simon Biggs

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Sociology
Community Services
Policy and Administration
Expanding Knowledge
Work and Labour Market
Social Work
Government and Politics
Other Human Society
Applied Economics
Clinical Sciences

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2007

FWDA - Fellow of World Demographic Association

1979

FBPSS - Fellow of the British Psychological Society

2

Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Social and Political Sciences

Elected Member

British Academy of Social Sciences

Agenda Council On Ageing Societies Member

World Economic Forum

Cartered Counselling Psychologist

British Psychological Society

Education

PhD Psychology

University of London

Links

International Linkages

University of Heidelberg

Germany

University of Helsinki

Finland

King's College London

United Kingdom

Leiden University

Netherlands