Loucks provided evidence demonstrating systematic review and meta-analyses about issues older individuals struggle with, including the effects of MBCT on depression relapse, and MBSR on stress and chronic pain.
The Mindfulness All Party Parliamentary Group met at Westminster on 14th May 2019 for a hearing on Mindfulness, Ageing Well and Older People. The event drew together politicians, charity workers, and researchers, with over 20 universities represented in the room, alongside representatives from leading charities working with the older population today. The event followed two strands of enquiry: the role mindfulness can play in improving the quality of older people's lives, and how mindfulness can positively affect the ageing trajectory throughout the entire life course from early adulthood onwards. The panel was chaired by the MAPPG co-chairs Tim Loughton MP (Conservative) and Chris Ruane MP (Labour).
Speakers included: Jenny Edwards, CBE, Health Policy Lead Mindfulness Initiative, Professor Eric Loucks, Brown University, Dr Antoine Lutz, French Medical Research Institute (INSERM), Jennifer Cleary and Jack William Forsey, research participants, Dr Trudi Edginton, City University, and Dr John Darwin, Mindful Ageing, Sheffield.
