New normals
Exploring how the pandemic has changed our world and opened up new options
Understanding Living Longer
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Driving Change
The current pandemic is driving change beyond our wildest imagination – hold on to your hats as life returns to a new normal!
Embracing Change
A pr=ersonal look at how our world is changing…
Hot enough?
As I sit here with the doors open, waiting for the latest round in this summer of heatwaves to break, I wonder what the Global Warming activists are saying. Is this an ‘I told you so’ moment for them, or does the fight go on? There is little doubt that those on the other side […]
A whole new stage…..
When I talk to people about living longer I can see their thought processes develop as the real implications begin to dawn. Initially the subject is dismissed as ‘something they already know’. There are constant media reports covering many of the common implications – growing demands on the health service, an increase in state pension age […]
Changing the Scoreboard
One unexpected challenge facing those nearing the end of their ‘primary career’ is a need to change their core values – those unspoken expectations, often learnt at an early age, that have been subconsciously shaping their lives ever since. I’m not advocating radical change, just recognition that the rapid increase in life expectancy over the […]
Playing the odds
Telling people that we are all living longer is fraught with dangers. I have no special insight and am not being specific, I’m simply playing the odds. By looking at the big picture I can be certain that the 70+ age group is the world’s fastest growing segment – what I can’t say with certainty is who […]
The changing nature of retirement in the 21st century
The ‘Golden Age’ of retirement is here – now – so if you’re not enjoying it you may well have missed the boat! It is, once again, the Baby Boomer generation that are reaping the financial benefits as they worked through a time of defined benefit retirement schemes. These plans were set up when members […]
Has it really come to an end….?
Has it really come to an end….? You have to go back in history a long way to find a time when the average life expectancy of one generation was less than the preceding one – maybe during the Black Death or possibly the Potato Famine. Whenever it was it is almost certain that there […]
What has living longer got to do with mass human migration?
Understanding the impact of living longer takes a researcher in many directions – including the mass movement of people. I am not, for a moment, suggesting that the current wave of migration to Western Europe is caused by an increase in life expectancy – but it is most certainly is a contributory factor. There are […]