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Articles on Getting older

April 7, 2024

Embracing digital spaces: How older immigrants are navigating the infodemic

Natalia Balyasnikova, York University, Canada and Claire Ahn, Queen's University, Ontario

Contrary to assumptions that seniors are technologically averse, many older adults now show remarkable agility in navigating digital media.

October 26, 2022

Laurie Buys, Australian Catholic University

Do you know someone who’s had lots of birthdays? That doesn’t always make them old.

January 25, 2022

Laurence O'Brien, Institute for Fiscal Studies

The proportion of 65-year-olds in work is up by about ten percentage points since 2018.

Laurie Buys
Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University
Claire Ahn
Assistant Professor of Multiliteracies, Queen's University, Ontario
Natalia Balyasnikova
Assistant Professor of Adult Education, York University, Canada
Laurence O'Brien
Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies