French Novelist & Author
“I don’t feel my age.” Old isn’t a number. Old is an attitude. Old is more likely to be associated with physical or cognitive decline. Discussions we’ve held with baby boomers reveals that people often feel ten or twenty years (or more) younger than their actual age!...
Around 500,000 Australians will retire this year. What are you looking forward to in retirement? Maybe some travel? Catching up on reading all those books you always planned to get through? More time on the golf course? With lifespans longer than at any other time in...
White is white. Until you try to choose white paint. If you've ever tried to choose white paint you'll know just how tricky it is to choose the shade of white you'd like to paint a room or a house. Ageing is the same. Here's why. Like white paint, there is more than...
5 hours. That's how much our life expectancy increases every day. Thus, our lifespans are longer today than at any other time in history. So what does this mean for us? Innovating ageing. Together. In 1946 our average lifespan was 66 years of age. That gave us, on...
Inspired by a program on housing for the older population that appeared on an SBS Insight program, I contacted two of the participants who had talked about the retirement community they had created with four other long term friends. It's a remarkable story. Like many...
I love long distance train travel. I love the clickety clack of the wheels on the rails. I love the ever changing, spectacular scenery of the Australian countryside and coast. I enjoy the time to sit and relax. And, I enjoy the people that I meet. Recently I...
Getting older is potentially powerful. Nearly 8 million Australians are over 50 years of age - that's one-third of the country's population! Yet how we perceive getting older and how older people are treated influences employment opportunities, lifestyle choices,...
I'm getting older. I know that. I've said for a long time that I plan to see 100 and beyond. And, I'm determined to age well. Age healthily. Age happily. Age productively. In community with like-minded people. I eschew the idea of a retirement village or nursing home....
Today I'm a little older than yesterday. Tomorrow I'll be a little older than I am today. In 10 years I'll be a bit older again, and 20 years hence, older again. Will I be old? Not if I can help it. Will life be different? Yes. Will life be slightly different...
