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Research project

Understanding resilience in later life in a low resource setting

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Maria Evandrou FAcSS

PROFESSOR OF GERONTOLOGY

Research interests

  • ESRC: Centre for Population Change (CPC): I am Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Population Change. My collaborative work focuses on a) Increasing longevity and the changing life course, and b) Understanding intergenerational relations & exchange. For more information, please visit the CPC website.
  • ESRC CPC - Connecting Generations: I am also Co-Director of the ESRC CPC-Connecting Generations research programme. The research will investigate areas such as changing intergenerational relationships; intergenerational flows of support in later life; and work-life balance, employment and caring responsibilities in mid-life. More information on the Connecting Generations research programme here.
Connect with Maria

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
Connect with Jane

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Gender differentials and old age survival in the Nairobi slums, Kenya
Rachel Bennett, Gloria Chepngeno-Langat, Maria Evandrou & Jane Falkingham, 2016, Social Science & Medicine, 163, 107-116
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.002
Type: article
Resilience in the face of post-election violence in Kenya: The mediating role of social networks on wellbeing among older people in the Korogocho informal settlement, Nairobi
Rachel Bennett, Gloria Chepngeno-Langat, Maria Evandrou & Jane Falkingham, 2015, Social Science & Medicine, 128, 159-167
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.033
Type: article
Entry and re-entry into informal care-giving over a 3-year prospective study among older people in Nairobi slums, Kenya
2014, Health & Social Care in the Community, 22(5), 533-544
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12114
Type: article
Who cares? Implications of care-giving and -receiving by HIV-infected or -affected older people on functional disability and emotional wellbeing
M. Nyirenda, M. Evandrou, P. Mutevezdi, V. Hosegood, J. Falkingham & M.-L. Newell, 2013, Ageing & Society, 1-34
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X13000615
Type: article
Transitions in caregiving and health dynamics of caregivers for people with AIDS: a prospective study of caregivers in Nairobi slums, Kenya
Gloria Chepngeno-Langat & Maria Evandrou, 2013, Journal of Aging and Health, 25(4), 678-700
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313488164
Type: article