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Ageing

# ageing - Yesterday’s News

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Without planning the dream of retirement can turn into a nightmare

You may have planned your finances down to the last cent – but have you considered the psychological impact of never going to work again? It’s harder to adjust than you might think, writes …

# ageing - Wednesday 27 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Ageing

‘Alarmist’ concerns about an ageing society do not justify welfare cuts

A series of papers on Europe was launched by the Lancent Medical Journal this week. It also found a growing disparity between male life expectancy in eastern and western Europe.

# ageing - Wednesday 13 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Ageing

Concern for elderly health over budget cuts

Older people are more likely to spend more nights in hospital and to visit the GP, a TILDA study found.

# ageing - Friday 23 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Ageing

Why older people struggle to read fine print – study

Older adults rely more on holistic cues, such as word shape, when reading.

# ageing - Saturday 8 September, 2012

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Watch Noah age 12 years in just 8 minutes

The US photographer has taken a photo a day of himself for the last twelve and a half years.

# ageing - Thursday 9 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: We think of older people as a burden. In fact, they’re anything but.

Our society has become used to regarding older people as a drain, writes Peter Kavanagh. But in these times, everyone has to pitch in.

# ageing - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie EU

EU warns of rising financial pressure from ageing population

Almost one-third of EU citizens will be aged 65 or over by 2060, says EU report.

# ageing - Sunday 6 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Body Art This post contains images

Older people with tattoos? INK to make you think…

Projects challenges assumptions about body art and older people as part of Bealtaine creativity and ageing festival.

# ageing - Tuesday 3 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Health

Healthier lifestyles should be encouraged as world’s population ages – WHO

The number of people aged over 60 will outnumber those aged under five for the first time over the next few years.

# ageing - Sunday 19 February, 2012

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

# ageing - Thursday 16 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Health

Turmeric can reduce Alzheimer risk, says new research

Flies fed curcumin lived 75 per cent longer than those not fed the chemical.

# ageing - Sunday 11 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Lessons I learned from working with older people

The business of ageing is often framed in terms of the financial or physical wellbeing of ‘old’ people – Dominic Campbell says it’s a mistake to lump our seniors into these categories alone.

# ageing - Saturday 1 October, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: This is no country for old men and women – but it could be

On this, the UN International Day of Older Persons, Alone’s CEO Seán Moynihan writes that while some people can have a wonderfully active older age, we must care for those facing isolation, depression and disability.

# ageing - Friday 23 September, 2011

Ó Muircheartaigh is Ireland’s favourite ageing role model

The legendary GAA commentator joins Mary O’Rourke and Giovanni Trappatoni as some of Ireland’s most popular older people.

# ageing - Monday 19 September, 2011

Caption comp: Does this make you feel positive about ageing?

We’re not sure what’s being advertised here – so help the PR guys and fill out your own caption for Georgia and pals…

# ageing - Sunday 4 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Society

Column: We are living longer – so why do older people feel invisible?

Photographer Garvan Gallagher explores how the fashion industry abandons older people – and presents a photographic project in which his subjects engage with their reflection and break the barriers surrounding ageing.

# ageing - Thursday 4 August, 2011

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Happy birthday, Barack… look how grey you’ve gotten

Barack Obama turns 50 today – and is beginning to show his age as the world’s most stressful job catches up with him.

# ageing - Monday 9 May, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

Take 5: Monday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

From TheJournal.ie Ageing

New study says three-quarters of older Irish adults are overweight

Poorer and less-educated over-50s have the highest levels of obesity, according to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.

From TheJournal.ie Ageing

Report on ageing in Ireland points to undetected illnesses

Significant indications of undetected illnesses among people aged 50 and over who participated in a TCD study on ageing in Ireland.

# ageing - Wednesday 1 December, 2010

From TheJournal.ie Living

Worried about those wrinkles? Scientists turn back the clock for mice

Harvard scientists who have reversed the ageing process for mice believe they may be able to do the same for humans.