Old age

Falls safety month is a reminder to stay aware of the risks.

...and planning to join them.

''My two careers are poles apart but I ditched the taboos to find my true purpose in life.''

The Happiness Institute founder 
Dr Tim Sharp reveals some surprisingly simple 
secrets to success.

When James Dempsey's breathing machine failed and he slipped out of consciousness, the nurses didn't call paramedics for another hour.

We’re not crying, you are.

You probably never thought you'd want to work again when you retired, but life doesn't always work out that way.

Police are investigating.

The couple are thought to have been dead for two to three weeks before police were called.

What has the world come to?!

There are certainly no knitting needles or rocking chairs in sight when this grandma is around.

"You couldn't ask for anything more beautiful," their son said.

The scarring memory of his father Kit’s brutal, agonising death prompted Andrew Denton to travel the world researching euthanasia. Now, he wants assisted dying to be legalised in Australia.

She wasn’t the fairytale figure I had imagined, but she was still my mother.

A 65-year-old woman has delivered quadruplets, taking her total tally of children to 17.

This elderly woman's kindness will make your day.

The oldest person in the world, Misao Okawa, has died this morning, aged 117.

Take a look at the women who are changing the face of grey.

After Juanita Phillips revealed she regularly bleaches her grey hair blonde to keep her job, colleagues and critics have rushed to celebrate her story.

The US state of Alabama has launched an investigation into the health of Harper Lee after suggestions she is being coerced into publishing her second book.

Sir Michael Gambon has retired from the stage because he can no longer remember his lines. He has described sending the curtain down on a stage career as heart breaking.

And it may or may not have something to do with the opposite sex.

If there is one thing to take away from writer Graeme Simsion it's you know that thing you've always wanted to do? Take up tennis, learn a foreign language, write a book? Do it. Just do it.

Senior citizens asked to pack condoms for cruise after evidence suggests sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in pensioners

According to a (small) study of 2000 women by health company Balance Activ the real number could be closer to 46. Psychotherapist Lucy Beresford told The Mirror, “Anecdotally we hear that the menopause is beginning to start earlier, in the same way as puberty is starting younger.” According to the Australian Menopause Society menopause can […]

New research suggests while women over 65 would gain from taking the drug daily, those using it younger than 65 are susceptible to stomach bleeding.

It appears age is no barrier for these senior citizens who enjoy busting a move.

Research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, suggests that postmenopausal women derive health benefits from potassium-rich foods if they do not have high blood pressure. In Australia stokes kill more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer; and while potassium has previously been linked to lower blood pressure and reducing […]

Leandra Becerra Lumbreras was 14 when Australia became a federation and was 82 when man first walked on the moon.

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that the death rate for males is 1.5 times as high as the rate for females.

Elderly residents have been burnt drowned and even strangled to death while staying in Australian nursing homes. Others have been deliberately harmed even killed by staff.

The 54-year-old entertainer says she is not immune to the invisibility that comes with ageing.

Only now is the full horror emerging of how a gyneacologist with a God-syndrome destroyed lives. Clair Weaver meets the patient who dared to stand up to him.

Ageing of the skin is a difficult battle to fight, especially with environmental factors that lead to free radicals damaging to the skins cells.

Japanese Misao Okawa, celebrates her 116 years and reveals her sushi and sleep as her lifesaving staples.

Nursing homes should provide opportunities for elderly residents to express their sexuality, such as cocktail hours, double beds and sexually explicit magazines or DVDs on request, according to an Australian Government initiative.

Move over nubile virgin Ana Steele, there's a new erotic heroine in town and she's a grandmother.

Weights and treadmills won’t be every octogenarian’s cup of tea, but Liz Deegan’s 83-year-old mother has found a new lease of life working out at the gym. It’s not often my mother surprises me. We talk most days and I like to think we’re pretty close. She knows what I’m doing, what I’m feeling, what […]

Seeing as better nutrition and improvements in medicine mean that we’re probably eventually going to live for longer, it’s good to know that we’re going to feel happier as we grow older. According to reports presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in August 2009, adults in their eighties are generally more […]

There’s always debate over whether there is a magic age that runners should hang up their shoes in favour of less stressful exercise pursuits like walking or swimming. But visit the many seniors running groups or take a look around your local running track and you’ll see a fair share of incredibly active, incredibly fit […]

There's always debate over whether there is a magic age that runners should hang up their shoes in favour of less stressful exercise pursuits like walking or swimming. Find out what the recent research says.