How To Be Old (default)

Even as toddlers we start establishing ourselves as autonomous individuals, and we turn up the volume in our teens. Then in old age we are obliged (or expected) to gradually surrender some decisions, some control over our lives. How are we to navigate these changes? Defending our autonomy is a serious business at any age. […]

I yearn for good conversation in old age, and I have problems. There's tons of advice about how to talk TO old people. But I AM that old person, and I need help too. So I asked Kirsty Ferguson for help.

What did your Nana say to you? Chances are it was a proverb or saying you had never heard of.

At 75 I had an Easy Aging Year, and started 12 tiny lifestyle habits. I gained clarity, confidence and optimism about old age. So can you.

Some drink more in old age. Others choose to go sober. Lotta Dann has kind advice.

I asked Dr Susanna Kent why I am ugly in my 80s, when I used to be quite pretty. I'm getting used to the face of old age and hey, I'm not dead :)

Lesley and Richard Evans discuss their adventures in home gardening. Gardening is exercise, nature, achievement and fun at any age. Lesley is extremely brave, and Richard ups my horticultural knowledge big time

At 86 I'm hungry for role models who show me how they manage life in their 90s. Rachelle Calkoen may be 102 but she is fully engaged with the world.

How can you carry on driving safely and how will you know when you can't?