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‘Ageing is not a destructive force’: How defying ageism can help you live longer – BBC
By Molly Gorman, 3 days ago Research shows a positive attitude towards ageing can make people feel younger and live longer. Here’s how to fight ageism in your own life. “Ageism can change how we view ourselves.” That’s according to The World Health Organization’s global report on ageism. And addressing this bias – how we…
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How Americans Are Thinking About Aging – Pew Research Center
|November 6, 2025 How Americans Are Thinking About Aging For older adults, income largely shapes the aging experience By Luona Lin and Juliana Menasce Horowitz About this research The U.S. population is aging rapidly. From 2004 to 2024, the share of Americans ages 65 and older increased from 12.4% to 18.0%, according to the U.S.…
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Why do ageing rates vary by country? Massive study says politics play a part – Nature
By Julian Nowogrodzki Social inequality and weak democratic institutions are linked to faster ageing, as are other environmental features such as high levels of air pollution, finds a study spanning four continents1. Education was one of the top factors that protected against faster ageing. The study also showed that ageing is accelerated by less-surprising factors…
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The secrets of Swedish longevity – and how we’re all ageing now – The Age-Well Project
Annabel and I went to Stockholm last weekend. What a beautiful city! It was a long-planned trip to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the book group we belong to. 20 years is a lot of books – and a lot of talking! Six of us met up in Stockholm (one of our number is Swedish).…
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America’s older population is growing as its younger cohort shrinks – Axios
Politics & Policy America’s older population is growing as its younger cohort shrinks By Alex Fitzpatrick Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios America’s older population is growing while its younger cohort is shrinking, per new census data. Why it matters: This demographic trend presents big policy and economic challenges — more older Americans means…
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Most baby boomers can’t afford assisted living and are weighing on the housing market by staying in their homes, ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says – Fortune
Source Links: Most baby boomers can’t afford assisted living and are weighing on the housing market by staying in their homes, ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says
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The “Dazed and Confused” Generation | The New Yorker
People my age are described as baby boomers, but our experiences call for a different label altogether. By Bruce Handy, March 2, 2023 It has long been fashionable to hate baby boomers, “America’s noisiest if no longer largest living generation,” as the Times critic Alexandra Jacobs wrote recently. But I remain on the fence. I…
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3 types of normal forgetting — and 1 that isn’t | Ideas.Ted.com
September 16, 2022, By Lisa Genova To be human is to forget things. But you’ve probably wondered: “When is forgetting normal, and when is it not?” Here are four examples. 1. Forgetting where you parkedNot remembering where you parked because you didn’t pay attention is normal and different than what happens with Alzheimer’s. If you…
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Dear Sally Albright: 40 is Only the Beginning ‹ Literary Hub
Miriam Parker on Late Blooming and When Harry Met Sally By Miriam Parker, August 17, 2022 Sally: And I’m gonna be forty. Harry: When? Sally: Someday. Harry: In eight years. Sally: But it’s there. It’s just sitting there, like this big dead end. And it’s not the same for men. Charlie Chaplin had babies when he was…
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Coffee with sugar can be healthy, reduce death risk, study suggests | USA Today
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY, May 31, 2022 Coffee drinkers, new research reinforces previous findings that your daily cup of joe may help you live longer – regardless of whether you add a bit of sugar. Compared to non-coffee drinkers, regular consumers of unsweetened coffee were 16% to 21% less likely to die during a…
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Is this the end of retirement as we know it? – BBC Worklife
By Sophia Epstein, 30th May 2022 The ‘retirement ideal’ has been changing for years. Older people are increasingly unretiring, changing the shape of this life stage. Picture retirement in your head. It’s a laughing, grey-haired couple sipping piña coladas on a white sand beach; perhaps they’re getting some liquid courage for their sky dive later.…
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7 hours may be the ideal amount of sleep starting in middle age | Health | CNN
By Katie Hunt, CNN, Updated 12:13 PM EDT, Mon May 2, 2022 The optimum amount of sleep is not too little but not too much – at least in middle and old age. New research has found that around seven hours of sleep is the ideal night’s rest, with insufficient and excessive sleep associated with…
