Biological pattern
I’ve now lived long enough to notice a biological pattern to life – if things go to script. GRAPHIC: leremy/iStockphoto The first part of life, your parents nurture you, hopefully helping you become a well-adjusted adult. Then you nurture your own children, hopefully realising just how important this is before they’ve left home. Then there […]
Silver lining: Tutoring the elderly is growing fast in China
Hong Kong/Beijing, China Reuters China’s rapidly aging population is fuelling a promising and fast-growing market for companies providing recreational classes and activities for the elderly middle class, from yoga to African drumming and smartphone photography. The growth potential of the industry contrasts sharply with the decline of the after-school private tutoring sector following a government […]
Aged care
Did you know Australia has the leading rate of aged incarceration in the world? GRAPHIC: SewcreamStudio/iStockphoto I’m not talking about putting our aged into jails, I’m talking about putting them into care. At first this sounds good – how rich are we that we can house all our elderly in specialised houses of care? But when […]
Health Insight: Aerobic and strength training exercise combined can be an elixir for better brain health in your 80s and 90s, new study finds
In an article first published on The Conversation, BRIAN HO and RONALD COHEN look at the cognitive benefits of aerobic activities and strength training exercises for the elderly…
Older people account for a third of Ukraine’s war victims – UN
London, UKReuters Older people have suffered and died at a disproportionately high rate since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a UN report showed on Wednesday, with some perishing because they were barred from fetching medicines or leaving basements. The report compiled by UN human rights monitors showed that about a third of the civilians killed in […]
Postcards: For Japan’s ageing soccer players, 80 is the new 50
KIM KYUNG-HOON, SATOSHI SUGIYAMA and TOM BATEMAN, of Reuters, report on the new over-80 division of Tokyo’s “Soccer For Life” league…
“I want to go back to Ukraine”: A year into Ukraine war, older refugees running out of hope
AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA AND KACPER PEMPEL, of Reuters, report on the impact the ongoing war in Ukraine is having on elderly Ukrainian refugees…
End of the world?
Working with older people I’ve noticed a troubling phenomenon. When people get close to death, instead of owning their end, they can project that end on the world or society in general. PICTURE: NASA/Unsplash It’s not the end of their life, it’s the end of all life. It’s understandable. The end of the world is easier to face than the end of my world. […]
“Life is difficult”: Sri Lanka’s economic crisis leaves elderly homeless and penniless
PIYUMI FONSEKA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that an economic meltdown has forced some elderly people onto the streets as their families can no longer afford to care for them…
“A huge impact on every family”: Chinese who lost relatives to COVID angry at failure to protect elderly
MARTIN QUIN POLLARD, of Reuters, reports that for many grieving relatives, bereavement is mixed with anger over what they say was a lack of preparation to protect the elderly before China suddenly abandoned its “zero-COVID” policy in December…