Ageing
Opinion
Elle Macpherson
Elle’s cancer comments caused a stir. What she said about ageing needs scrutiny too
Mixed messages about getting on can undermine the empowerment of oldies to be their authentic selves.
- by Anne Ring
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Opinion
Superannuation
Three of the biggest retirement myths, busted
A few beliefs about retirement seem to persistently buzz around, no matter how much we try to swat them away.
- by Bec Wilson
Red-light therapy. Cryotherapy. Hyperbaric chambers: The race to stay forever young
Want to live 20, 30, 50 years beyond the norm? Some with wealth and ambition are eagerly pursuing that dream to the extreme.
- by Tim Elliott
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Opinion
AI
Dad’s ‘third daughter’ always came to look after him. Then computer said no
Some aged care providers are turning to artificial intelligence to make decisions best made by someone with a heart.
- by Sue Williams
Opinion
Opinion
These greying country towns are the canary in the coal mine for the aged-care crisis
In regional Australia, more than a third of residents are aged over 55. If only the government was doing something about this growing demographic crisis.
- by Shane Wright
Editorial
Aged care
The Boomers are coming for aged care. Australia must be ready
Faced with older residents, with more complex health conditions, the aged care facilities of the future will need to be more hospital than retirement village.
- The Herald's View
She’s the oldest player in history. How this former Tillies captain does it at 44
At 44, Melissa Barbieri is a veteran of the game, an anomaly in a sport where the median age of retirement for professional female footballers is 26.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
‘Why can’t we talk about the part between the knees and the belly button?’
Karl Kruszelnicki on bodily functions, the relationship between religion and science, the poorest he’s been – and what awes him.
- by Benjamin Law
Opinion
Superannuation
Nearing 60, counting my super, and thinking: Time for the dump truck?
Having grown up carefree then worked in a certain non-lucrative profession, I’m now obsessively Googling ‘how much I need to retire’, quickly followed by, ‘how much would I get for selling a major organ online?’
- by Brendan Foster
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Aged care
Baby Boomers face aged care bed shortages as funding crisis worsens
The shortage could leave the sector without 21,200 beds as operators warn of financial pressures that will force them to close more homes than they build.
- by David Crowe