On September 27, 2022, the Centre for Ageing Studies (CFAS) received visitors, namely, Professor Sylvester Bowie, Professor Emeritus at California State University, and Earl Lawrence, who came to make a generous donation of some assorted items to the Centre to be given to older persons.
Professor Bowie explained that the motive for showing this kind gesture was prompted after he got information...
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The Centre for Ageing Studies (CFAS) organised a send-off lunch for the 2021/2022 batch of National Service who undertook and completed their service at the Centre. This event took place at the Chez Afrique Restaurant, Accra, on August 31, 2022. The individuals for whom this event was organized were Ms. Saeed Fridaus, Ms. Ganimatu Mohammed, Ms. Princess Anarfi, and Mr. Kingsley Afordofe. Also in...
The Centre for Ageing Studies (CFAS) organized a training workshop for caregivers of older persons from Wednesday, August 03, to Friday, August 05, 2022. This event was held in-person at the Great Hall basement at the University of Ghana, Legon, from 9:00 am each day. The central aim of this event was to introduce participants to diverse perspectives/knowledge, and modern caregiving practices by...
The Centre for Ageing Studies organized a webinar that was titled, Parkinson’s disease among older persons: Causes, symptoms and treatment. This event was held on two separate days; Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 and Wednesday, June 15th, 2022. The presenter of this webinar was Dr. Albert Akplalu of the University of Ghana Medical School, and the Neurology Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The...
The Centre for Ageing Studies organized its first webinar series for the year on Wednesday, April 27th, 2022. The topic for the Webinar was A Discourse on Ageing in Contemporary Ghana and was presented by Dr Paul Issahaku (Associate Professor, University of Newfoundland, Canada). The event was moderated by the Director of the Centre, Prof Mavis Dako-Gyeke. The virtual event attracted over eighty...
On 6th April 2022, the Director of the Centre for Ageing Studies (CFAS), Prof. Dako-Gyeke, in the company of Dr. Akosua Agyemang (Affiliate, CFAS), paid a working visit to the Geriatric Clinic located at the Korle-Bu Polyclinic in Accra, Ghana. The Geriatric Clinic is one of the outfits that has been collaborating with CFAS for years in deliberating on ageing-related issues and providing medical...
The Centre for Ageing Studies organized a SIM card registration exercise primarily for older persons at the Centre’s premises from 7th March, 2022 to 10th March, 2022. The impetus for putting together such an event was to assist older persons to register their SIM cards so as to overcome the challenges and difficulties they encounter in the on-going registration exercise. It would be distressing...
The Centre for Ageing Studies (CFAS), as part of its activities to promote stakeholder and affiliates’ engagement, organized its first meeting for the year 2022 on 3rd February 2022 to deliberate on issues concerning older persons. About one hundred and fifty participants made up of representatives from agencies/institutions that work with older persons, older persons’ associations, management...