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  • Japan: What we can learn from the nation's ageing population timebomb

    Japan: What we can learn from the nation's ageing population timebomb
    2023/11/30

    We are joined for this latest Agetech World podcast by Dr Iza Kavedžija, an Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge University in the UK.


    Among her main research interests is exploring the lived experience of ageing in urban Japan and the ways in which older people construct a meaningful and satisfying life..

    In this podcast Dr Kavedžija discusses her work; the challenges Japan is facing with its top-heavy demographic where nearly 30% of the country's 125m population is weighted towards older people; and what other nations may be able to learn from the Japanese when it comes to dealing with ageing populations.

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    46 分
  • Why it's time to stop talking about generations

    Why it's time to stop talking about generations
    2023/10/24

    Professor Nic Palmarini, director of the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing, on why the modern idea of generations is changing, the NICA's world-leading research and innovation helping us all to live longer, and better, and the need to rewrite the rule book on retirement.


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    45 分
  • Harnessing the power of technology for impact with people in later life - Hannah Thomson, Founder CEO of The Joy Club

    Harnessing the power of technology for impact with people in later life - Hannah Thomson, Founder CEO of The Joy Club
    2023/09/14
    Hannah Thomson is the founder and CEO of The Joy Club, an online membership community for older people harnessing the power of technology to offer live events, videos, mood-boosting articles, and the chance to meet like-minded people. On a mission to end social isolation amongst people in later life, Hannah talks to Agetech World about how her late Granny Jean inspired her to launch The Joy Club, why everyone deserves a happy and fulfilling retirement, addressing the loneliness epidemic, and why a link-up with the NHS could have 'huge benefits' for all.

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    38 分
  • Boomer ballast: The enduring power of the baby boomer generation

    Boomer ballast: The enduring power of the baby boomer generation
    2023/08/31
    Dr Kevin Munger, assistant professor of Political Science and Social Data Analytics at Penn State University in the US, talks to Agetech World editor Jane Hall about his latest book, Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture. He explains why the post-Second World War baby boomers hold disproportionate political and social sway not just in the US but in parts of Europe too, why their influence hasn't yet reached its zenith, what this could mean for the 2024 US presidential election and society in general, and offers his opinion on what this generation's legacy is likely to be.

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    40 分
  • Living longer and better

    Living longer and better
    2023/08/01

    Professor Sir Muir Gray chats with Agetech World editor Jane Hall about why there needs to be a radical change in not only the way healthcare is delivered but the public's attitude to taking care of themselves if we're to live longer and better. And the former NHS Chief Knowledge Officer and internationally renowned authority on healthcare also unveils his latest project, the Goldster Health Service (GHS), an online health and wellness club pioneering a systematic non-drug approach to well-being to help deal with the challenges, aspirations, and triumphs of ageing.


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    38 分
  • Passionate about Parkinson's

    Passionate about Parkinson's
    2023/07/07
    Annette Hand is a clinical academic professor of nursing in the UK specialising in the field of Parkinson's disease. She has a national role as Clinical Lead for Nursing within the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network as part of the clinical leadership team. Here she chats with Agetech editor Jane Hall about her route into working with Parkinson's disease patients, supporting the role of Parkinson's nurses across the UK, her active clinical, research, and educational work, and whether a cure will ever be found for the devastating brain disorder.

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    50 分