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Most of the early research on sexuality and ageing looked at the sexual behaviours and biology of older adults, generally ignoring the wider concept of sexuality.
Most people think of arthritis as a disease of the elderly. While this is where it’s most commonly seen, it’s not where it starts.
With an increased demand for health care for older people, Kenya needs to pass legislation that protects them.
A model that has the body at the centre and a reductionist view of disease fails to respond to the suffering of the person.
An important indication of a humane society is how we treat our vulnerable. It is hard to think of anyone more vulnerable than an aged person in jail.
From November 1, the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine will be available for free to people aged 70 to 79 years. So how and why do you get shingles, and who should be vaccinated?
It is particularly dangerous to be an elderly person in Tanzania’s rural areas and villages. Legislation exists to protect this group, but it’s not being translated into reality.
Society often assumes older drivers are bad drivers but that is not necessarily true.
Heavy clouds are on the horizon for NHS England – and older people will suffer the worst in this downpour.
The saying goes, with age comes wisdom, but is that really true?
As this will be the final home for many older people, nursing homes are seen as God’s waiting room.
Many hidden obstacles confront Australia’s older workers, so what workplace changes can be made to maximise the benefits and reduce the problems of an ageing population?
Care for older people can be more than old peoples homes or hospitals.
The health care needs of older people tend to be marginalised because South Africa’s health policy is focused on children, youth and maternal care.
In a system where the age pension is designed to be needs-based, a strong asset test seems like an appropriate tax on the practice of bequeathing assets like superannuation to the next generation.
The government wants to see more older workers in the workforce, but first we need to overcome the ageist attitudes held my many employers.
With more health information going online, it has never been easier to proactively manage our health. Problem is, the people who would benefit the most are using it the least.
When we consider society’s prevailing view of late-life sexuality, the convention has been that older people are not particularly sexually active or interested in intimate sexual relationships. These preconceptions…
The Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR), the latest findings of which were released recently, has much to commend it. Like its counterpart, the British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes…
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Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center, UMass Boston
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Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer of Gerontology, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, UMass Boston
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Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology, University of Southern California
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Academic Convenor, Hallmark Ageing Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in older people's substance use and mental health, King's College London
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Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University
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Professor of Nursing, Care for Older People, City, University of London
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Research Theme Fellow in Health and Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at the Monash Health [Health and Social Care Unit], Monash University
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Professor of Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
