What is it like to live with hearing loss? Many older people go years before they do anything about their hearing. Today we talk with audiologist Marguerite and her client Rosalie.
I originally wrote this post on ideapod called “Who are we on the cusp of death?” I have recently been contemplating mortality, the meaning of life and purpose. We all do, of course. Three events are uneasy reminders of my fragile mortality: Leaving the corporate world to pursue (as yet undetermined) entrepreneurial, creative and philanthropic...
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I’m great and proud of it. Seemed OK to say something outright like this when I was 4, but somehow over the years I learned the need for ‘modesty’. Especially if my life is in aged care. How should I feel about myself with the headlines screaming at me right now? Surely, it should be...
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Older Australians are at risk of being ‘guilted’ into taking out funeral insurance policies that burden them with ever-increasing premiums – in many cases, paying more than the cost of the funeral itself.
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