It’s common knowledge that children are voracious learners but the famous cliche suggests that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. This simply isn’t true.
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The rising number of older Australians is exposing the shortage of housing options and services to meet their needs, putting them at increasing risk of homelessness.
Medication usage has gone through the roof in the last decade.
Our ageing population presents several social and economic challenges, particularly for the health sector. Physical activity can tackle many of these.
Isolated older people living in poverty are suffering from food insecurity.
Reader Adam Barclay, 44, wants to know if someone his age has any chance of living forever.
Evacuations and disruptions to health care during and after disasters like Hurricane Harvey are serious threats for older adults, who may need support well after relief operations end.
More Australians over 50 are drinking and taking drugs than ever before. Here’s why that can be a problem.
New research shows that older people are especially at risk during and after natural disasters, and may need medical help or other support well after relief operations end.
Older people require both psychological and nutritional support during drought and famine. Kenya needs to implement a comprehensive public health response that assists during emergency situations.
Older Australians are keenly aware of the housing challenges they face, but most are wary of co-housing due to the negative associations of shared living spaces.
Australians are living longer, and digital technologies could help them take control of retirement.
Older people in nursing homes or aged care facilities are often locked up “for their own safety”, which new research says isn’t usually needed.
Several key aspects of public open space can encourage older people to get out and about. And badly designed and maintained facilities have the opposite effect and can harm their wellbeing.
Remote care is more than the mere sum of technological devices.
Older Australians needing extra help at home with bathing or gardening can now choose who provides that service. So what do you need to know before choosing a new service for yourself or a family member?
Our research suggests older people aren’t being admitted inappropriately.
Baby boomers might not be boosting their health with a glass or two of alcohol a day after all.
Most of the early research on sexuality and ageing looked at the sexual behaviours and biology of older adults, generally ignoring the wider concept of sexuality.
Most people think of arthritis as a disease of the elderly. While this is where it’s most commonly seen, it’s not where it starts.
Top contributors
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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