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As you get older, you’re at higher risk of severe infection and your immunity declines faster after vaccination.
As the share of adults age 60 and older grows globally, age-friendly universities offer social connection, continued learning and better health.
Increasing life expectancy and falling birthrates means many of us may have to keep working until beyond 71 years of age.
How does the UK ensure a decent standard of living for its elderly population?
Love and intimacy are valuable for wellbeing at every age. But for older people, especially those in aged care, intimacy can be complicated. Carol Lefevre explores, through real life and fiction.
Research shows that violence between patients is prevalent, often overlooked and largely unaddressed.
President-elect Joe Biden has successfully enticed the young into politics. As he approaches his 78th birthday, will he also serve their interests?
It’s too soon to say what will happen with philanthropy in 2020, but looking at 2019 may offer some clues.
Prejudice toward older Americans can impact their physical and emotional health.
Home health care is a much trickier question after COVID-19, and that becomes an issue for millions of older people who rely on home health care, as well as the workers who care for them.
Cooped up with a partner and nowhere to go to break it up? Coronavirus social distancing… or another day in retirement? Research on older couples holds tips for everyone else on how to deal.
Some older adults are struggling to practise social distancing during the global pandemic, even though they’re at high risk. Here’s how to help them.
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Principal Lecturer in Finance, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
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Senior research scientist, University of Toronto
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Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
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Assistant Professor of Aging, Arizona State University
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Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology, University of Southern California
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Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
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Associate Director of Research, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Managing Editor, Giving USA, Indiana University
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Assistant Research Professor of Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Population Health, The University of Texas at Austin
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Instructor in Medicine, Harvard University
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PhD Candidate in Aging, Health, and Well-Being/Director of Programs, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor of Health, Mississippi State University
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Research fellow, University of Toronto
