Changing the conversation on ageing and aged care

A change in how Australians view ageing could help the nation embrace the opportunities that can come with getting older alongside a franker conversation about the inevitable rise in costs of aged care.

Play with your kids

Running a home and family, doing job and trying to squeeze in some personal time mean some parents don’t have a lot of time or energy to play magical princess dragons but playing with your kids is important for the whole family.

Love your bumps

Cosmetic surgery used to be the preserve of burned fighter pilots and fading Hollywood movie stars, but ever more younger women are making cosmetic surgeons richer at great cost to themselves.

Homesick for ourselves – the hidden grief of ageing

Old age sets us the challenge of maintaining balance in the present, while managing the remembered past – with all its joys and griefs – and coming to terms with the future.

Poor report card for Aussie children’s wellbeing

While COVID-19 has long slipped from the headlines, the stress and anxiety of the pandemic still lingers, especially among young Australians, according to health experts at the University of South Australia.

Survival at sea

News that four Australians and two Indonesians were found alive after going missing from a boat trip off the coast of Aceh in Indonesia made headlines around the world, so what does it take to survive such gruelling conditions?

How long can Australians live?

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) explores trends in Australia’s increasing life expectancy and other measures of longevity such as maximum age of death.

Philosophical friends

While the media trumpet the importance of romantic love and family relations, great philosophers such as Aristotle and Nietzsche always highlighted the importance of friendship to human lives.

Warding off dementia

Research shows that maintaining social connections as well as keeping mentally and physically active are important steps to delaying or avoiding age-related deterioration.

Made-up memories

In a new study, deepfake video clips of movie remakes that don’t actually exist prompted participants to falsely remember the films—but simple text descriptions of the fake movies prompted similar rates of fake memories.

Just leave me alone!

Adolescence can be a difficult time for both angst-ridden teenagers and their long suffering parents, but teens still value staying connected with family, even if they do not always show it.

The power of peer-led support

Outcomes from the ‘Circles of Support’ program, a free peer education and recovery program for families and friends of individuals who experience alcohol and drug-related issues, has been deemed a success by rural and remote health experts at Flinders University.