– Maida Lilley MY LOCAL SENATOR CATCHES THE BUS Friends tell me how lucky I am with a bus stop right at my door – just 12-15 minutes from the CBD. Luck? No. As one ages, it is wise to choose to live within reach of needed services in a community where you are known, […]
Category Archives: Explore The Issues
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One of the great popular divides between people is to establish whether they see the glass as half full or half empty: are they optimists or pessimists? Another, that seems to grow in intensity as the possibility of retirement draws nearer, is the difference between those who see work (where it is narrowly defined as […]
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by Tony Townsend Is it really Government Policy to make older people pay until they no longer have anything left and then just let them die off? Is this all part of a Government conspiracy to discredit and denigrate the elders in our community? Unfortunately recent experience suggests the answers to both questions is a […]
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University Of Southern California A program that brings together older adults and elementary school students gives children academic and social support and lets the volunteers see how they can help the next generation. “The Baltimore Experience Corps Trial” is the first large-scale experiment to demonstrate that taking part in an intergenerational civic engagement program helps […]
by Wendy Zukerman IMAGE: AROUND THE WORLD, RETIREES AND THE ELDERLY ARE TRIALING ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. (LEVY CARNEIRO JR(Flickr; CC; NY)) The current options for retirement are rather uninspiring—stay at home or go to an aged care facility. Pioneering groups of architects, the elderly and social scientists are looking at creative alternatives, however. Life Matters […]