An American baseball player Casey Stengel once said: “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” So many predictions have been made about older people’s health, wealth and longevity and some have fortunately been shown to be plain wrong. I lost faith in demographers when they failed to pinpoint a baby-boom and our local primary school was flooded with applicants. They had a... read more>

It's hard enough admitting our own mortality. So it's perhaps no surprise that another inevitability of getting on, namely aged care, is often pushed into our 'too hard' basket. Anyone who has navigated the existing system, either for themselves or a family member, will attest to its many difficulties, as highlighted by the damning findings of the Royal Commission. So what as a nation... read more>

We've spoken about it before, but this story keeps getting bigger: one in four users of the two leading Buy Now Pay Later payment systems are now classified as 'older'. Perhaps it's the dread of what credit cards can get you in for or curiosity about this new non-interest product? Read our media release below and click the image to see my recent interview on the new media platform Tickern... read more>

As with financial years and sports games, life itself can be divided into quarters. If so, I’ve just entered the last quarter of mine when last week I turned 63. There’s no trepidation or fear. It’s just a number, but given the Beatles song "When I’m Sixty-four" and the pension age now north of 65, the mid-sixties might just prove to be significant. I looked up my life expectancy on an AB... read more>

Could older workers be under threat? Spokesman for the FiftyUp Club, Christopher Zinn, explains why they're worried! pic.twitter.com/bU9EVF9eNz — Studio 10 (@Studio10au) February 22, 2021 Getting older is one thing but being denied access to work because of your birthdate is quite another, and illegal to boot if it amounts to discrimination. But how aged does an older worker need to ... read more>