# Ageing

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Justine Bateman: 'Men’s older faces have always signified power, but for women that means a loss of power'

The US writer, producer and director shares an extract from her new book, Face: One Square Foot of Skin in which she explores the pressure on women to maintain their youthful looks.

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Apr 21st 2021, 7:15 PM

# Health issues

Germany legend 'slowly passing to the afterlife'

Gerd Mueller suffers from dementia and lives in a specialised care home.

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Nov 2nd 2020, 6:05 PM

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Opinion: Clifden opened wounds, but we must resist the urge to lock down Irish life entirely

Consultant Geriatrician, Professor Rónán Collins says it’s more important to ‘add life to years’ than ‘add years to life’ and that Irish life must go on, despite Covid-19.

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Aug 25th 2020, 7:52 AM

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Opinion: What can we learn from the Irish people who live to be 100?

Resilience, positivity and staying connected are the keys to longevity, writes Alison Fagan, who visited Ireland’s inspirational centenarians.

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Mar 19th 2019, 7:00 AM

# Myanmar

Left to die at the side of a road - south east Asian country's ageing population leads to humanitarian crisis

Years of domestic turmoil and a health system in tatters has seen Myanmar abandoning its elderly to their fate.

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Aug 6th 2017, 8:45 AM

# on the buses

Dublin adults over 10 times more likely to rely on public transport than those in rural areas

The report found that just one in 10 older adults in Ireland relied on public transport.

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Apr 13th 2017, 6:00 AM

# forever young

Elderly South Korean cheerleaders offer glimpse of world's longest-living women

“Because I come here, I don’t need to take any medicine,” said 82-year-old Oh Geum-Nyu.

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Mar 12th 2017, 3:00 PM

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Kate Beaufoy: 'Who cares about the carers? I was a fit fifty when I took on a job of care. I nearly cracked up'

Throughout the country, women in their sixties (an estimated 66% of unpaid caregivers are female) are bathing and dressing and feeding infant grandchildren and ageing parents, writes author Kate Beaufoy.

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Mar 5th 2017, 7:30 PM

# health is wealth

'When I came in here I couldn't walk. Now I've just been told I can go home'

The Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing was launched today by Michael D Higgins at St James’s Hospital, Dublin.

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Dec 7th 2016, 1:59 PM

# Bangladesh

Four-year-old boy being treated for mysterious ageing disease

Bayezid Shikdar’s illness makes him look like an old man, in addition to various other health problems.

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Aug 9th 2016, 8:52 AM

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Men's health: Feel a mid-life crisis coming on? It's time for an action plan

Many men struggle to cope with the challenges presented by middle age, writes psychotherapist Karl Melvin.

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Apr 10th 2016, 8:00 AM

# the slow cooker era

28 signs you're definitely past your early 20s

It literally you.

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Jan 28th 2016, 1:08 PM

# warning

Think the health service is bad now? Doctors say it's going to get worse

Because people are living longer.

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Jan 13th 2016, 7:02 PM

# meg ryan

Gossip websites tried to say Meg Ryan looked 'unrecognisable' and nobody is having it

Leave Meg alone!

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Jul 8th 2015, 10:31 AM

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It's official: I've found my first grey hair... The inevitable is happening.

It’s fair to say that I’ve developed a slight hang up about getting older.

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May 18th 2015, 8:00 PM

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What has it really been like for older people during austerity?

The magnitude of the impact of the recession on older people is as diverse as the ageing population itself.

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May 4th 2015, 6:00 PM

# Cheeky

These Irish kids' definitions of 'old' will depress you

“Forty is kind of old.”

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Mar 30th 2015, 6:45 PM

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Opinion: Age-ing or Sage-ing? It's time to focus on the positive aspects of getting older

Disempowering attitudes towards ageing are pervasive in our culture, leading to the more positive dimensions of ageing getting lost.

Jan 28th 2015, 8:00 AM

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Opinion: Losing a parent to dementia requires a unique form of emotional stamina

Every time you see them, you grieve a little bit more, but you never, ever show it.

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Sep 30th 2014, 8:00 AM

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Opinion: Ageism is far too prevalent, we need a cultural shift in how older people are perceived

Older adults are too often seen as ‘burden’ rather than people who helped build societies and economies.

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Jul 30th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Have you discussed your final wishes with your family?

A new initiative is encouraging people to do so.

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Jul 20th 2014, 10:12 AM

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Opinion: We have made no preparations for our ageing population

Ireland’s population is growing older and living longer – and the reality is we are not prepared for the fallout.

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Jul 20th 2014, 8:30 AM

# Obesity

80% of Irish over 50s are overweight

The study, led by Trinity College, found that Irish men are on par with Americans when it comes to obesity.

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Jul 18th 2014, 8:39 AM

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Opinion: Older people and Gaeilgeoirí are right to be indignant – this Cabinet doesn't care about them

The new Gaeltacht minister isn’t fluent in Irish and the de-prioritisation of older people’s issues has been rubber-stamped; whole sections of society are being disenfranchised.

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Jul 16th 2014, 7:30 PM

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Opinion: Would you know if an older relative, friend or neighbour was being abused?

Despite the caring, protective, respectful attitude Irish society likes to think it has towards older people, elder abuse is widespread.

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Jun 15th 2014, 8:30 AM

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Opinion: How we deal with illness and ageing is painfully outdated

Our current model of healthcare was developed to deal with a very different world: one in which people did not survive long into old age and acute illness was the main cause of death.

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May 4th 2014, 12:00 PM

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Column: Let's change the language we use about older age

A sharp contrast exists between public and private representations of ageing – and the reality of later life is often misrepresented, writes Prof Thomas Scharf.

Apr 10th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Getting Older

Three-year-old finds out she's going to be four... and is totally devastated

We feel you, kid. We feel you.

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Apr 1st 2014, 7:30 PM

# Ageing

'Not enough nursing home beds to meet demand and it's only going to get worse'

Tadgh Daly, CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland said in the next seven years, the population over 85 will grow by 46 per cent.

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Feb 11th 2014, 9:13 AM

# Modern Life

The 'sandwich generation': Large number of women supporting their adult children and elderly parents

The majority of Irish women aged 50-69 with children and living parents are providing care to both groups, a new study shows.

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Nov 14th 2013, 10:12 AM

# Older People

Ireland is the 12th best place in the world in which to grow old

The country receives a high ranking in the category that measures social connections and physical safety, but fares less well for ‘employment and education’.

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Oct 1st 2013, 8:46 AM

# Ageing

Want to have your say about growing old in Ireland?

An audience of up to 100 older people will have their say on the question ‘Are we minding an ageing population?’ tonight.

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Sep 17th 2013, 3:45 PM

# fountain of youth

How lifestyle changes can reverse ageing

Fancy stopping Father Time? Eat your greens and meditate, researchers say.

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Sep 17th 2013, 6:15 AM

# Ageing

Mental performance of people aged in their nineties 'improving'

Human beings are not only living longer, but are also enjoying a better quality of cognitive abilities into older age, a new study into mental performance in the elderly has found.

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Jul 11th 2013, 7:30 AM

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Column: We need to make our society and cities age-friendly

Let’s move on from the twentieth century, where older people were thought of as dependents. Older people can – and must — contribute to economic growth, writes Michael Hodin.

Jun 28th 2013, 7:00 AM

# bad hip

New EU-funded device detects when a pensioner has a bad fall

Around 20 per cent of elderly people receive hospital care every year after a fall.

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Jun 14th 2013, 6:15 AM

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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 …

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May 24th 2013, 7:00 AM

# 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.

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Mar 27th 2013, 6:50 AM