News and analysis on the futures of ageing and aged care, without the buzzwords.
Oct 13, 2026
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3 min read
Plus: Feeling a year older after a death in the family, what a 194-year-old tortoise’s DNA tells us, the move into residential care after a dementia diagnosis, and a film on old people’s grief.
Oct 6, 2026
2 min read
Plus: What the word cancer does to patients, when care at home tips into crisis, 100 people in order of age, the conversations families put off, and over-50s working in child care centres.
Sep 29, 2026
Plus: Digital survival classes in South Korea, long gaps between meals and faster chronic disease after 78, a teahouse community centre where older customers set the rules, a Kansas nursing home that shares a building with a primary school, and taking up the trapeze at 55.
Sep 22, 2026
Plus: Dementia doulas, a “safety-first” walking strategy, the need to let your tea cool down, menopause and brain fog, and friends who do the driving.
Sep 15, 2026
Plus: Janice is cycling for Healthy Brain Ageing, the effects of AI adoption on small community organisations, fewer than 5,000 steps a day at a brisk pace lower the risk of early death, and shift workers 52% more likely to die than day workers.
Sep 8, 2026
Plus: An 87-year-old optimistic runner, a historic demographic flip, TikTok as health platform, technology caregiving, and the civic habits of older adults.
