If you talk to someone who devotes a lot of their time to helping others through community work or other charitable activities, you’ll find that their contributions make them happy. It’s a scientific fact that people who give generously of their time and effort feel […]
For the last 6 months I’ve been working on producing a book about Health and Wellbeing for people in their 50s, 60s and 70s. It’s been a very interesting process and I have spoken to a wide range of medical experts covering both physical and […]
Travel is a big part of our lives, however it can often be as stressful as it is enjoyable. For one in six Australians with hearing loss, the concern with travelling overseas can often be far greater. Travel obstacles include an inability to hear or […]
While we’ve all been told for the last 20 or more years that good retirement planning is all about having enough money and managing it properly, the reality is somewhat different. It’s certainly important to save as much as we can for retirement because having […]
Many of us don’t realise it, but our minds spend a great deal of the time in either the past or the future. We spend a lot of time thinking about past events, opportunities, mistakes and how we could have, or should have, done things […]
Many ABC TV viewers would have watched the series of brain training programs hosted by Tod Sampson, which started in October. It’s both fascinating and very encouraging to learn that it’s now possible to significantly improve the performance of our brains. This program is showing […]
I have said in a number of previous articles that divorce among over 60s can be both a financial and emotional disaster. Dividing the family wealth at this time of life often means that both parties won’t have enough to maintain a comfortable lifestyle and […]
We tend to view wealth in terms of how much money someone has. Lots of money equals wealthy. Very little money equals poor. These definitions only work if we just view wealth in terms of money and physical assets. I would suggest that “wealth” covers […]
Did you realise that the transition from full time work to some form of retirement is one of the major life changes that we have to handle. It’s right up there with getting married and having your first child. Yet most of us don’t do […]
If I said that “young people were irresponsible and lazy” there would undoubtedly be an animated response and I’d be told that such broad generalisations were ridiculous. Yet generalisations about older people and the acceptance of negative stereotypes is widespread in the Australian community. I’ve […]