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Welcome
This information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford in collaboration with the SomnIA (Sleep in Ageing) research project, and funded by the
New Dynamics of Ageing Initiative (AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC and MRC). Grant number RES-339-25-0009.
Susan Venn
Susan Venn joined CRAG (Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender) in September 2000 as a research administrator working on two projects. She then went on to complete her MSc in Social Research in 2004, her dissertation being based on an ESRC funded project investigating couples' sleep. Subsequently Susan became a full time researcher on a four year project funded under the New Dynamics of Ageing initiative looking at sleep in later life (SomnIA: Sleep in ageing,
www.somnia.surrey.ac.uk). Susan has also tutored undergraduate courses in Social Theory and Quantitative Methods. She is currently the Secretary of the Averil Osborn Fund, part of the British Society of Gerontology and Secretary-elect of the British Society of Gerontology.
Professor Sara Arber
Professor Sara Arber is Professor of Sociology, and Co-Director, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG) at University of Surrey. Sara has written over 200 journal articles on gender and ageing, on inequalities in health, and on sociology of sleep. She is Principal Investigator of the multi-disciplinary research project, SomnIA, on ‘Optimising quality of sleep among older people in the community and care homes’. Sara’s books include The Myth of Generational Conflict: Family and State in Ageing Societies (with Claudine Attias-Donfut, Routledge, 2000), Gender and Ageing: Changing Roles and Relationships (with Kate Davidson and Jay Ginn, 2003); and Connecting Gender and Ageing (with Jay Ginn, 1995), which won the Age Concern prize for best book on Ageing in 1996.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to all those who were interviewed, to those who helped us recruit participants, Project Investigators, and the Steering and Advisory Committees of the SomnIA (Sleep in Ageing) research project for their helpful advice and support.
Advisory Panel
Dr Chris Hanning, Retired
University of Leicester
Dr Robert Meadows
University of Surrey
Mr Norman Richards
Older Persons Reference Group, New Dynamics of Ageing Initiative
Mrs Pauline Richards
Older Persons Reference Group, New Dynamics of Ageing Initiative
Phil Rossall
Information Officer, Help the Aged and Age Concern UK
Professor Debra Skene
Professor of Neuroendocrinology, University of Surrey
Dr Luci Wiggs
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Oxford Brookes University
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SomnIA (Sleep in Ageing)
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The NDA initiative
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Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
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