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Ageing, visual clues and mental sharpness
Older people who are able to identify visual clues are more likely to retain their mental sharpness, according to a new study.
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Faculty for Psychology of Older People Wales event
Thursday 25 September 2014 Lecture Room 1 in the Postgraduate Building.
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Older people's social status and health
A society's view of the status of older people can be a key influencer behind how over-70s feel about their own health, according a new study.
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Age increases the desire to cooperate
People are more likely to cooperate with others later in life, a new study has revealed.
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Cognition, memory and older people
Environmental distractions are more likely to impair the memory and cognitive processes of older people than their younger counterparts, a new
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New award for work with older people
Dr Stephanie Petty from the Retreat in York has received the inaugural Una Holden Award at the annual conference of our Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) in Shrewsbury today.
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Pop music helps dementia research
Pop music is being used as part of a memory game in a bid to better understand how it can stick in the mind, even years after being released.
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Hear Cath Burley on BBC Radio Shropshire
The Annual Conference of the Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP), part of our Division of Clinical Psychology, takes place in Shrewsbury tomorrow (25 June) and Thursday.
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Social ties help older people stay healthy
Maintaining social ties and joining in group activities could help older people to stay healthier for longer, according to new research set to be published next month.
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Mental health issues reduce life expectancy
Healthcare officials should pay more attention to mental health problems, because it could reduce people's life expectancy more than smoking can, according to new research
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TV presenter discusses Alzheimer's fears
Television presenter Fiona Phillips has revealed that she is worried about developing Alzheimer's disease after seeing both her parents die following a battle with the condition.
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Psychological support is welcome in arthritis
A new study has found.that psychological support services could be extremely useful for
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Older people and identity parades
New research suggests older people may make less reliable eyewitnesses. Research conducted by Dr Helen Kaye of The Open University involved 134 people aged between 22 and 66 years old, who were asked to watch video footage of a mugging.
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Annual Conference 2015
Welcome to the website for our 2015 Annual Conference to be held on 5-7 May at the ACC Liverpool which is located on the banks of the River Mersey right next to the iconic Albert Dock.
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The benefits of caring for your grandchildren
Women who take care of their grandchildren could be helping their brains stay agile as much as they are assisting with the babysitting - as long as they don't do it too often.
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Older parents supporting adult kids
Older parents who feel positive about giving their grown-up children support report having fewer depressive symptoms, according to an evaluation
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White matter disease more damaging than previously feared
The cognitive damage caused by white matter disease appears to be more widespread than previously thought, according to a study published in the British Psychological Society's Journal of Neuropsychology today. 
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Understanding anxiety in older women
Women aged 60 or over accounted for nearly a third of hospital admissions for anxiety during the year to November 2013, new figures have revealed.
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Using music to help dementia patients
This morning’s BBC Radio 4 Today programme featured the work of researchers at Plymouth University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research who have begun investigating whether music and technology could help dementia sufferers remem
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Research into why older people are cool
A pair of researchers in Switzerland say there is an attitude common among the very old that is best described as "senior coolness".
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Dementia Research Leaders programme
With six times more researchers working on cancer than dementia in the UK, the Alzheimer’s Society has launched a new programme aimed at attracting talented individuals to de
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Cognitive training can help older people
Simple training in cognitive techniques may help to provide a lasting boost to the mental reasoning of elderly people and perhaps even prevent the intellectual decline that is often experienced in old age, according to a new study at Johns Hopkins
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UK loneliness and dealing with a crisis
A new poll carried out by the Red Cross has found that an alarming number of people could be attempting to bear the pain of serious issues by themselves because they feel they have nobody to turn to.
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Psychosis in later life
Learning outcomes and objectives  Recent developments in psychological approaches to distressing psychosis. Develop knowledge of clinical approaches to distressing voices. Greater understand
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DCP Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPoP)
Welcome to the Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP, also known as PSIGE) The Faculty of the Psychology of Older People provides a forum for psychologists with an interest in work with older people.
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