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...skills gaps mean that there will be an increasing need for employees to retrain throughout their life histories. Those who anticipate the change and take proactive steps to reskill (particularly in digital, AI and soft skills) will be better equipped to resist redundancies and underemployment. Conversely, those who are struggling to re-enter the job market may feel...

...skills (memory and thinking) can be challenging. So, let’s have a look what happens when our brains are ageing and how we can prevent brain decline (memory and thinking) as we grow older in a few simple steps. It is an urban myth that every older person will develop dementia and in reality, it is a spectrum from normal age-related decline through to a clinically...

...skills, and methods for achieving this requires an investment of time which is the first step to co-creating the right environment for meaningful participation. For a culture of equality to be fostered, everyone involved in co-production needs to know each other. Agreeing on how we work together can be most helpful in establishing respectful working and mutual...

...study, we show that older adults are affected by disasters well after storms or other threats have passed. Disaster response planning for communities and health care systems focuses on the immediate surge after the event, which varies with every disaster but typically lasts hours to days. Planners need to be aware that for older adults, effects are longer-lasting....