Ageing
# ageing - Yesterday’s News
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
# ageing - Monday 9 May, 2011
Take 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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.
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
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.



































