Ageing
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
Ageing
idea
How I met my mother: dementia brought back her true self
In dementia, my mother lived with the friendly ghosts of her past – and I got to know her as someone other than just my mum
by Ina Kjøgx Pedersen
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
Creativity
film
After years of hard work, three elders practise the arts of everyday life
Directed by Richard Kane and Dillon Bustin
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
Ageing
idea
The radical impact of seeing Alzheimer’s as a second childhood
Even if the retrogenesis model isn’t strictly true, seeing Alzheimer’s as a second childhood impacts radically on patient care
by Han Yu
Ageing
film
A single grey hair springs to life in a playful exploration of ageing anxiety
Directed by Eilidh Nicoll
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
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