Welcome to my research website
I am a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care
at The Open University, UK. These pages are mainly about my research in aspects of age and ageing. I am interested in how aspects of our physical, social, technological, emotional, and political environments affect us across the life course - and how we respond.
Current and past projects described here include:
I am a member of the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS)
The CABS blog
at The Open University, UK. These pages are mainly about my research in aspects of age and ageing. I am interested in how aspects of our physical, social, technological, emotional, and political environments affect us across the life course - and how we respond.
Current and past projects described here include:
- age discrimination
- environments of later life
- extra care housing
- hair and hairdressing in later life
- the experience of people with dementia who are discharged from hospital to a care home
- how older people do or don’t engage with new technologies
- public places
I am a member of the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS)
The CABS blog

The Open University campus in spring
Dr Caroline Holland
Faculty of Health and Social Care
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Tel: +4401908 654680
email: c.a.holland@open.ac.uk
This website was last updated: May 2012
These pages are the personal responsibility of Caroline Holland.
The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of The Open University. The University takes no responsibility for any material on these pages.
These pages are the personal responsibility of Caroline Holland.
The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of The Open University. The University takes no responsibility for any material on these pages.