Ageing
![Two women painting together at a table. The one in the foreground is older, wears glasses and is focused on her brushstroke.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ccf6a953-465e-489c-9f46-d53955eb1fac/rt-final-gettyimages-1235760494.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Brain injury and dementia
idea
Dementia is not a death. For some, it marks a new beginning
Advocates are reframing the syndrome as a different way of being – one in which potential for growth and connection endures
by Isabel Sutton
![Three senior male cyclists in racing outfits sit on chairs, each wearing a helmet and cycling shoes, resting between races. The cyclist on the left wears a white and light blue kit, the middle one wears a teal and yellow kit, and the cyclist on the right wears a blue and yellow kit.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3168132a-a799-4a90-91ae-28f3c2a4b3e3/rt-final-gettyimages-1711506265.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Ageing
idea
Rather than fearing getting old, here’s how to embrace it
Whether you are 20 or 90, each moment of life presents an opportunity to focus on what really matters to you
by Berit Lewis
![Two women in hijabs sit on a park bench in autumn, one smiling with outstretched arms, surrounded by fallen leaves and trees.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3b109c44-3de0-4167-8ba4-fd51b70d48e0/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Ageing
guide
How to feel less lonely as you get older
Work and family life are no longer so busy and life can suddenly seem empty. Here are some good ways to stay connected
by Carrie Ditzel
![Illustration of a woman with a short black hair wearing red panties clutching her chest in a black and white bathroom with a checkered floor, green plant, bath, sink, toilet, and red towel.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/a7e90f5b-bf7e-4e1d-889d-d82fc1b22d98/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Ageing
film
A single grey hair springs to life in a playful exploration of ageing anxiety
Directed by Eilidh Nicoll
![Close-up of elderly hands clasped together, with prominent wrinkles, wearing an orange jumper with dark brown trim.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b6c77e6c-fe34-42b8-8322-46ace534c352/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Ageing
idea
Efforts to expand the lifespan ignore what it’s like to get old
As modern medicine extends the human lifespan, quality of life is not keeping up, raising thorny ethical dilemmas
by Robert S Gable
![A young girl in a red dress runs across a wooden bridge under bright sunlight, casting a shadow on the planks.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/731dd005-5790-4bd0-bb01-82397af1a84d/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Ageing
idea
Simone de Beauvoir recommends we fight for ourselves as we age
Old age, for Simone de Beauvoir, is not shameful or frightening but should be celebrated as an opportunity to be authentic
by Skye C Cleary
![Photo of an elderly man, smiling with closed eyes, playing a violin outdoors in a lush, green forest setting.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1b369e6d-c514-42d9-9bc4-6ebacd1fef51/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Creativity
film
After years of hard work, three elders practise the arts of everyday life
Directed by Richard Kane and Dillon Bustin
![A white frosted cake with extinguished candles and a background of scattered confetti and colourful streamers.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d446f8ea-0ff4-411d-b448-8f978d70911e/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
The body and physical health
idea
Knowing your true age requires more than a swab and calendar
How the concept of ‘age mosaicism’ from cellular biology is challenging our notions of chronological and biological age
by Marco J Nathan
![Two older men sitting on a red bench in a park overlooking the ocean, with trees and the sun shining through.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/24a27072-2102-4e21-9352-11391de2128b/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Ageing
idea
Older people are battling despair, but Erikson offers us hope
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a mental toll on older people. The psychoanalyst Erik Erikson offers a way out of our despair
by Jane Adams