Ageing

Health & Medicine

We should include older adults in medical AI design

As AI technology advances, understanding and integrating the perspectives of older adults can lead to more user-centred and effective AI solutions in healthcare

Health & Medicine

How Australian audiologists are helping musicians with hearing loss

Imagine you’re a professional musician. But you start to lose your hearing. New research aims to help musicians make the transition to hearing aids – and still enjoy the music

Health & Medicine

A hearing aid could extend your brain function by years

New research shows hearing aids can stabilise cognitive function for at least three years for older adults with hearing loss

Health & Medicine

How old are your internal organs?

New research finds that the age of your brain and body can appear many years older (or younger) than your chronological age

Health & Medicine

Brain white matter declines for years after a stroke

The loss of brain white matter and associated cognitive decline is faster for at least three years after a stroke

Health & Medicine

Can robots really be companions for older adults?

Social isolation is a problem for many older adults, but are social robots an answer – and what do our elderly people think?

Politics & Society

Reimagining age equality at work

There’s an ambivalence in age discrimination law. Now, age equality needs a voice to ensure a more equal future in the workplace

Politics & Society

Communicating COVID-19 to our older culturally diverse Australians

COVID-19 lockdowns forced us online, but that’s been a mixed experience for older Chinese Australians – especially when it comes to getting accurate vaccine information

Business & Economics

Competition isn’t improving the aged care sector

A new study finds more competition isn’t associated with better quality of care or lower prices in aged care, prompting policy reform to address sources of market failures

Health & Medicine

Yes, older people are having sex – we need to talk about it

Rates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) are growing faster among older Australians than among younger people, pointing to the need for tailored information campaigns