How To Be Old (default)

Meena Kadri is only 56 but she already has activities that will be fun in old age. She gets great pleasure from activities with friends who are decades older than her. They inevitably show her different ways of being old, and they bring surprising stories and wisdom and fun to their conversation. That’s one reason […]

Look, you don’t want to fall over, do you, especially if you’re old and your bones are brittle. Luckily there’s plenty of scientific evidence about how to build our strength and balance, and proof that it really works. Adrian Pretorius’s work helps to keep hundreds of people out of hospital. He’s got tips, apps, and […]

Here’s a very special discussion I recorded a couple of years ago with Judith Fyfe. As a trailblazing oral historian in New Zealand she has vast experience in recording the voices of older people, for example, World War I veterans and our centenarians. As a young journalist and talkback host, Judith Fyfe started to learn […]

Do you keep making New Year resolutions as you age? I learn from local people up to age 50. How about in your 60s or 70s or 80s: do you change your approach to resolutions? I'd love to know!

Anyone can keep a diary or journal. It's easy, you can't fail. For older people it brings special benefits. Plus, less embarrassing like the diaries of youth, bless them.

So good to know we can keep on dancing as we age. That includes Jan Bolwell, who dances and performs after two mastectomies and a hip replacement.Inspiring.

Christmas is here, there and everywhere. What does it mean to you? And has that changed as you've grown older?

I'm learning how to be old from my big sister Jill. She looks back on a joyful working life as a social worker. She has a great tip for making sense of your own career, and appreciating what you achieved.

Remember "Love in the Real World"? In this discussion, Rhonda Pritchard updates her famous and refreshingly realistic book after 30 years. Some elements change when you're older. Ohers matter even more.

Are you losing your balance as you get older? There's much you can do to help yourself keep moving confidently through life.