Why our need to learn peaks again in retirement

Finding ways to help older people ‘grow’ and remain productive and engaged over their increasingly longer lives will help us shift from an ageing society to an age-diverse society combining the speed, strength and zest common in younger people with the emotional intelligence and wisdom prevalent in older people: creating possibilities in society that have never existed before.

Reimagining retirement

Negative notions of ageing can become internalised and prevent people from having fun and making the new connections which keep them healthy and happy for longer, so it’s vital to reimagine ageing in more positive ways.

Let’s do lunch

A new report from Flinders University outlines the benefits of establishing community eating programs to ease older people’s loneliness and reduced quality of life.

In praise of older women

Older women can continue to live productive and satisfying lives, but they can achieve their potential only in a milieu that enables, rather than inhibits, them.

NSW unveils new seniors strategy

With almost one in four people to be aged 60 or over by 2031, the NSW Government has committed to a decade-long ageing strategy, addressing four focus areas identified by seniors including resilience and safety.