Research tells us that women’s sexual functioning declines after midlife, manifested by reductions in arousal and orgasm, and increases in sexual pain. This is linked to reports of reduced sexual activity…
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Two recent complementary reports on long-term care for older people – one from the Demos Commission on Residential Care, chaired by former care minister Paul Burstow, and the other from the King’s Fund…
Older Australians are being prescribed pain relievers for an average of five years when clinical guidelines recommend short-term…
Care homes for older people are once again under scrutiny following a damning investigation on BBC Panorama’s Behind Closed Doors: Care Exposed. But if you really want to understand some of the complexities…
Loneliness in older people is a serious issue but when I visited HenPower, a lottery-funded project in the north east that puts older people and hens together, I admit I had been expecting another worthy…
Britons have been warned that they must save six times more for their pension or face poverty. The message is that it’s time to embrace deferred gratification and start saving. The average pension pot…
It should come as no surprise to anyone that there is a growing crisis in adult social care. Policymakers, practitioners and people using services alike all argue that the current system is fundamentally…
Despite a big overhaul in the way care for the elderly will be funded, there are still fears that it isn’t enough and we’re surely “heading towards disaster”. The government is keen to emphasise the importance…
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Professor of Gerontology, UMass Boston
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer of Gerontology, UMass Boston
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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 Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor | Deputy Director, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor and Discipline Lead Property, Curtin University
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Academic Convenor, Hallmark Ageing Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in older people's substance use and mental health, King's College London
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Professor of Nursing, Care for Older People, City St George's, University of London
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Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology, University of Southern California
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PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University