Dr Caroline Holland is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University. A Social Gerontologist, she has been researching ageing and how older people live for over twenty years, including studies based in Milton Keynes. She has published books and articles on aspects of the environments of ageing from the meaning of home in later life, to how older people use public places. Her recent work has included aspects of age discrimination; the needs and aspirations of older people living with dementia, vision impairments, and other high support needs; and ethics and values in the uses of ICTs by and for people.