(This blog was originally written as a guest blog for the Centre for Ageing Better. The Blog The Future of Ageing? A Challenge for the Next Generation. about the Herald Scotland piece this week carries on the new theme) “The State of Ageing 2019 “ is this years report by the Centre for Ageing Better. No it…
Images of bent old people are not acceptable in the new version of Old Age. It is a preventable problem, not a result of ageing.
If you are middle aged, better stop it. Pilates now!
What do we mean by this word ‘fit”? We seem to have got ourselves into a nonsensical world with this idea of fitness. What does it mean to be fit at 80+?
The people of the IT world seem to live in a foreign land for which I have no map and with a different language which only they can speak.
So this is a report on findings from the Far Side of retirement. Maybe I should tell you, that I am increasingly convinced that you cannot truly understand old age until you have tried it! Quite a surprising period of life to live. You learn a lot!
The moment they feel gravity, the Knees are on strike. “Dont” they scream “ Dont you dare move!” Threats of unknown horrors form worrying clouds.
So what do you do?
‘You are old Grandma Williams,’ the young one said,
‘But your hair has not yet gone white
and yet you repeatedly stay in your bed.
Do you think at your age that is right
