When is a person old?
Tag: Agewell
Older People Were Just Like Us Once
What's it like to be a teenager who spends a lot of time with older people?
Ageing Well with Diabetes
At age 64 Alan Mirfin, who has Type 1 diabetes, is still employed and works a 40 hour week. "I am as active as I can be. I'm fit, walk to work, garden weekends, and lead a pretty busy life."
Ageing Parents and Adult Children
What obligations do ageing parents have for their adult children and what obligations do adult children have for their ageing parents?
In Doing For Others You Do For Yourself
Alison Roxburgh's life focuses on volunteer work.
Tap Into Your Potential
As George Burns reminds us, we have to grow older but we don't have to grow old!
Becoming Conscious About Ageing
How do we reach the point where we are able to consciously shape our ageing experience?
Meeting Challenges and Getting On With Life
At the age of 17 Dennis Mapley left London to discover the world. After seeing posters at New Zealand house on the Strand he lied about his age and became one of the first "L10 pommies."
Be Alive, Keep Learning and Be Alive
Kindra Douglas is a bit of a vagabond. She grew up in a small New Zealand town at the bottom end of the Manukau Harbor area. She spent time on the beach, rode ponies and...
Life As Preparation for Retirement
John Miles is a very energized and alive 75 years old. On reflection he figures that he started getting ready for retirement when he was about twelve.