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I've never seen hockey cited as an easy or safe sport for seniors, but Di Jordan, 69, plays on with wisdom and a wild joy. Don't stop, she says.

Are you a bit skeptical about spirituality? Listen to a wise and pragmatic discussion from Mike Fitzsimons, poet and cancer survivor.

I asked Deborah Shepard to talk about writing your life story, because she has been teaching a course on memoir writing for 20 years. Tips are especially useful as you get older, because your life story gets longer and longer and longer! The rewards for writing a memoir will surprise you, I think, because they […]

We all hit obstacles with our computers and smartphones and tablets, but IT issues in later life can seem especially tricky. That might be partly because of normal age-related changes like arthritis, poor eyesight, or short term memory failings. Or it might be because we’ve retired, because at work we might have had an IT […]

I enjoy reading tips from a centenarian about why they’ve lived so long and stayed so perky. Now well over 100, Doris Carnevali devised an original system for tackling the never-ending problems of daily life in extreme old age, and reasons for gratitude. Whether you are almost old, already old, or never-gonna-be-old, she is my […]

Even as toddlers we start establishing ourselves as autonomous individuals, and we turn up the volume in our teens. Then in old age we are obliged (or expected) to gradually surrender some decisions, some control over our lives. How are we to navigate these changes? Defending our autonomy is a serious business at any age. […]

I yearn for good conversation in old age, and I have problems. There's tons of advice about how to talk TO old people. But I AM that old person, and I need help too. So I asked Kirsty Ferguson for help.

What did your Nana say to you? Chances are it was a proverb or saying you had never heard of.

At 75 I had an Easy Aging Year, and started 12 tiny lifestyle habits. I gained clarity, confidence and optimism about old age. So can you.

Some drink more in old age. Others choose to go sober. Lotta Dann has kind advice.

I asked Dr Susanna Kent why I am ugly in my 80s, when I used to be quite pretty. I'm getting used to the face of old age and hey, I'm not dead :)

Lesley and Richard Evans discuss their adventures in home gardening. Gardening is exercise, nature, achievement and fun at any age. Lesley is extremely brave, and Richard ups my horticultural knowledge big time

A simple, tiny answer to the question: 'What's a podcast?'

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.

How can you carry on driving safely and how will you know when you can't?

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 […]