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How to Age Well

Australians are living longer and we will witness a significant shift towards an older population in the coming decades. We’re now living well into our eighties and beyond. Those aged 65 and over will double, those 85 and over will triple, and centenarians are set to increase six-fold.

Julianne Parkinson, founding CEO of the Global Centre for Modern Ageing (GCMA), says we all have a role to play in creating the future, not just accepting it. Here, she explains what we need to do to plan

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