Oldenland

Dr Roger Clough held the Chair of Social Care at Lancaster University, one of the top research and teaching Social Work departments in the UK. An academic with qualifications from Cambridge, LSE and Bristol, he is an expert in residential & social care for older people, having published 8 books and numerous other articles, contributions and research papers. He also served as a County Councillor, set up the first university-validated course for older people to train as researchers and created a programme of Creative Arts workshops and cinema screenings for people living with dementia. He regularly undertook broadcast media interviews (the most recent on Woman's Hour for his dementia project).He now lives with his wife, Ann, in a retirement village in the Peak District. In addition to his regular hill-walking, he runs a University of Third Age history group and since the pandemic has edited a fortnightly newsletter for residents to share memories.