
At 84, Jun lives to shock. His next act? A living funeral no one asked for
A film by Mari Young and Anika Kan Grevstad
A film by Mari Young and Anika Kan Grevstad
Our culture is routinely diagnosed with an excessive fear of mortality. A calm look at the evidence tells a different story
by Ingemar Patrick Linden
French doctors of the 1800s had a vested interest in pathologising women’s ageing, as do many commercial entities today
by Alison M Downham Moore
Advocates are reframing the syndrome as a different way of being – one in which potential for growth and connection endures
by Isabel Sutton
Whether you are 20 or 90, each moment of life presents an opportunity to focus on what really matters to you
by Berit Lewis
As modern medicine extends the human lifespan, quality of life is not keeping up, raising thorny ethical dilemmas
by Robert S Gable
Directed by Eilidh Nicoll
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
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
How the concept of ‘age mosaicism’ from cellular biology is challenging our notions of chronological and biological age
by Marco J Nathan
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
Even if the retrogenesis model isn’t strictly true, seeing Alzheimer’s as a second childhood impacts radically on patient care
by Han Yu
Directed by Richard Kane and Dillon Bustin
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