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Nursing is more than just a caring profession, it is also a science.
Too many older people are restricted from receiving state help for their care needs.
Italy is the latest in a line of countries with ageing populations trying to boost proceation through a ‘fertility day’.
Inmates are getting older, which make us think about whether custody is the best option for this group.
Australia lags behind most other developed countries when it comes to the economic and social well-being of people over 60. And the numbers are even more alarming for women.
Millions of people need to be confident that suitable public toilets will be available when they leave their homes. A shortage of such facilities is a serious problem for an ageing population.
Heavy clouds are on the horizon for NHS England – and older people will suffer the worst in this downpour.
The saying goes, with age comes wisdom, but is that really true?
Worries about overpopulation aren’t being felt everywhere.
Community and housing industry leaders agreed a national guideline and a plan to provide basic access features in all new housing by 2020. But this voluntary approach is failing.
Many hidden obstacles confront Australia’s older workers, so what workplace changes can be made to maximise the benefits and reduce the problems of an ageing population?
With a booming life expectancy, there is a need for collective, intergenerational discussion and ideas around how to better design housing in Australia’s communities and cities.
Reports on the current crisis in elderly care are set to be dwarfed by problems caused by the imminent explosion in the over-85s.
A Chinese company deducts 5-10% of employees wages’ and gives the money to their parents – it’s filial piety in action.
The reluctance by many to accept or even debate the intersection between old age and disability highlights how society struggles to construct differences in ability.
The most recent Australian suicide statistics from 2013 show that, out of the whole population, men aged 85 years and over have the highest suicide rates. While the attention these figures have garnered…
A taboo around older age sex is diminishing but some still find it hard.
Within three years, Australians will face a $100 billion bill just to cover the age pension and super tax breaks. That bill is set to keep rising; by 2025, one in three of us will be 55-plus.
Active ageing isn’t just about the ability to be physically active or a part of the labour force, but continuing participation in social, economic and cultural life.
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Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University
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