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Heat waves pose a threat to older adults, but a recent study suggests that they retain an unexpected ability to adapt to high temperatures.
Singing together can revive memories and create social connection.
An original new study on pet ownership assesses how attached people are to their cats and dogs in order to understand the emotional connection and the associated health benefits at all ages.
As devices get smarter, families and communities bear a heavier burden of technology caregiving for older adults.
Some elderly people have the memory of someone 30 or 40 years younger.
Half of older adults surveyed faced adversity after 60, with abuse and isolation linked to worse physical and mental health.
Analysis of mortality data spanning 450 regions in Europe is categorical: longevity across the continent is a two-tier affair.
Housing for the elderly that fosters community, accessibility and care.
Over half of older adults report using AI, but many also struggle with trusting the technology.
Balance tells us more than anything else about elderly people’s physical health.
While some western cultures identify the family unit as couples and their children, many other cultures see older parents as an integral part of the family.
In our interviews with older people over the past 15 years, some have described the phenomenon of ‘tiredness of life’ in a matter-of-fact way – as though they are talking about the weather.
Seniors are vulnerable to fraud, especially when they have little social interaction and are not comfortable with technology. Here’s how to help them protect themselves.
Three-quarters of health care in Canada is provided at home by unpaid family caregivers. Not only is this essential health-care work often unrecognized and under-supported, it is rapidly changing.
By 2050, 235 million people in Africa over the age of 60 will be affected by heatwaves, floods and drought. Governments must develop special plans for older people to adapt to climate change.
When hospitalised, elderly patients can often become agitated and disoriented. Here’s how you can help them.
Why do some people stay sharp into old age while others decline? The “orchid and dandelion” phenomenon may help reveal how tailored environments could drive better cognitive health for all.
Now there’s more speculation about US President Joe Biden’s health. But a COVID diagnosis in 2024 is nothing like one back in 2020, even for someone of his age.
In the majority of cases, medications help patients. But even when treatment of individual illnesses is effective, treatment as a whole can become problematic.
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Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
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Professor of Law, Discipline of Law, Justice and Society, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Unit Head, Twins Research Australia and MyBRISK Centre of Research Excellence in Breast Cancer Risk; Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research director (CNRS), Toulouse School of Economics – École d'Économie de Toulouse
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Associate Professor | Schlegel Chair in Clinical Epidemiology & Aging | Canada Research Chair in Integrated Care for Seniors, McMaster University
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Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor, Management, Concordia University
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Emeritus Professor La Trobe University, La Trobe University
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, HEC Montréal
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Groningen
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University