Are you tired of the relentless pressure to stay young? This article delves into the harmful effects of our obsession with being young.
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Category: Ageing
Digital Natives, Digital Refugees: The Silent Age Divide
Are you a “digital native” or a “digital refugee”? Uncover the hidden age divide and its effects on your digital life in this compelling article.
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The Anti-Aging Scam: How Fear Sells Products That Don’t Work
The anti-aging scam exposed: How fear-based marketing tricks you into buying products that don’t actually work.
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Forgotten Experts: Why We Discard Our Elders’ Wisdom
Discover why society often discards the wisdom of its elders, and learn how to reclaim this valuable knowledge.
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The Senior Poverty Crisis: Growing Old and Going Broke in America
Discover the senior poverty crisis in America – you may be shocked by how many older adults are going broke as they grow old.
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The Age Tax: Why Society Penalizes You for Growing Older
Are you paying an unfair “age tax”? Learn why society penalizes you for growing older and how to fight back.
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The Truth about the Nobility of Mortality
Introduction On Sunday (10 November 2024), I had the honour of laying a wreath at a Remembrance Day Service. It was a simple, dignified, poignant, experience. I spoke with an attendee who told me her father had served in the second world war – but he had rarely spoken of
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The Truth About Pseudo-Helplessness In The Elderly: A Personal Reflection
Introduction We’ve all done it. Thanks for reading Age In Health! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. I know I have — and I’m not proud of the fact. I bet you’ve done it too. It’s not something I’ve made a habit of but sometimes
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The Truth about Ageing and Reliance Based Ethics
Introduction English contract law is based on bargains – the foundation of English contract law is said to be bargain theory. Look at any textbook on contact law and that is what you will be told. However, there are a significant number of cases that don’t seem to fit the
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The Truth about Ageing and Facticity
Introduction Facticity is a word used by Jean Paul Sartre to describe the hand we are dealt at birth. For Sartre, our existence precedes our essence. What he means by this is that there is no pre-determined me, or you or anyone. We become who we are very much because
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