46. A curious centenarian role model
At 86 I’m hungry for role models who show me how they manage life in their 90s. Rachelle Calkoen may be 102 but she is fully engaged with the world.
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45. Drive safely in old age with Hariata Hema
How can you carry on driving safely and how will you know when you can’t?
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44. What activities will still be fun in old age?
Meena Kadri is only 56 but she already has activities that will be fun in old age. She gets great pleasure from activities with friends who are decades older than her. They inevitably show her different ways of being old, and they bring surprising stories and wisdom and fun to their conversation. That’s one reason […]
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43. Don’t fall into hospital – Adrian Pretorius
Look, you don’t want to fall over, do you, especially if you’re old and your bones are brittle. Luckily there’s plenty of scientific evidence about how to build our strength and balance, and proof that it really works. Adrian Pretorius’s work helps to keep hundreds of people out of hospital. He’s got tips, apps, and […]
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42. Recording stories of older people — Judith Fyfe
Here’s a very special discussion I recorded a couple of years ago with Judith Fyfe. As a trailblazing oral historian in New Zealand she has vast experience in recording the voices of older people, for example, World War I veterans and our centenarians. As a young journalist and talkback host, Judith Fyfe started to learn […]
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