LEARNING FROM ‘SUPER-AGERS’
The Northwestern University in Chicago is following a group of people aged between 80 and 100 who they are calling
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MIND
BE UPLIFTED IN 2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR. At this time of year the media seems full of articles about new year’s resolutions and setting
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IS THERE MEANING IN YOUR LIFE?
‘Time’ reports on a new study which suggests that people age better if they have a purpose or some meaning
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STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL AGEING
I have just completed my FutureLearn course on ‘Strategies For Successful Ageing’ and am the proud owner of an achievement
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REACHING ACROSS GENERATIONS
Research shows that connections across the generations benefit everyone, it is called intergenerational transfer. I was interested to read about
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ADVICE FROM THE 16TH CENTURY?
Time to have a smile. Here is an amusing poem on ageing, supposedly written by a nun in the 16th
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THE CHINESE VASE
Visiting the breath-taking Swinger Building’s porcelain collection in Dresden this week I was taken by a 16th Century Chinese vase.
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WORLD RECORD SMASHED BY 101 YEAR OLD
STOP THE PRESS! Mr Verdun Hayes has just become the oldest person in the World to do a sky dive
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AGE WELL WITH ART
Older artists have been in the news lately. I was shocked to read that The Turner Prize Committee had axed
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DO YOU LINGO?
More evidence this week that stretching our brains is important for ageing as best we can. A neuroscientist at Edinburgh
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