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.
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Locking individuals into the narrative of age as a vulnerability means inevitably creating ageist stereotypes.
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Associate Professor, Public Health, Griffith University
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PhD researcher in behavioural epidemiology and urban health, University of Cambridge
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Researcher, Director of Media-Health/Game-Clinic laboratory, Concordia University
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Assistant Professor of Multiliteracies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Marketing, University of Stirling
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma
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Research Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Mataram
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Lecturer, Marketing and Retail, Stirling Business School, University of Stirling
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Assistant Professor of Geriatric Education, University of North Dakota
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Geriatrician working in clinical practice. PhD Candidate at The University of Melbourne studying ethics and ageism in health care. Affiliate lecturer, Deakin University
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Doctoral Candidate in Public Health, Griffith University
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Applied Statistician, Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit (EOCRU)
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne