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When we expect decline, we sometimes create it

Jul 21, 2026

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3 min read

When we expect decline, we sometimes create it

Plus: How dementia risk changes from one country to the next, life lessons from 100-year olds, the arts and culture that are keeping us healthier, and the first Ageing Reframed panel.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
A change is coming

Jul 14, 2026

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4 min read

A change is coming

Plus: Gentle touching gets more pleasant with age, why companion robots get put away after a month, Americans socialising less, and trishaw rides for residents.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
The ancient craft of running an (aged care) home

Jul 7, 2026

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4 min read

The ancient craft of running an (aged care) home

Plus: How assumptions shape working lives, the language around coercive control, a short film about memories that slip away, and ageism at work.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
The happiness that arrives with age

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

The happiness that arrives with age

Plus: The first real numbers on AI at work, a Danish yogi on dying "full of days," and a new book on longevity and power.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
The updated AI guidelines for aged care are out

Jun 23, 2026

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4 min read

The updated AI guidelines for aged care are out

Plus: Putting trauma into words, can the US switch of our AI tools, and an image library of older people shot by older people.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
We become ourselves through others

Jun 16, 2026

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3 min read

We become ourselves through others

Plus: More on gambling, the retirement most people aren't ready for, a home that doubles as a laboratory, and free cleaning with a catch.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
Cheap lunch, then the pokies

Jun 9, 2026

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5 min read

Cheap lunch, then the pokies

Plus: AI scribes in aged care, Alzheimer's as a managed condition, the Dull Men's Club, and your phone reading your heart rate.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
Will AI make us stupid?

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

Will AI make us stupid?

Plus: The correlation between voting and longer lifespans, SuperAgers with excellent memory, and a capital asymmetry case study from Sydney.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
From person-centred to person-led

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

From person-centred to person-led

Plus: Who the new aged care consumer is, the skills AI keeps demanding, a grandfather and grandson in a forest, and two coffees a day for the brain.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
The long shadow of AI in your building

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

The long shadow of AI in your building

Plus: Designing for 2076, the boomer succession cliff, why grandmothers matter, and the Voluntary Assisted Dying access gap in aged care

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
Elyssia Clark on CX, and AI chefs in aged care

May 5, 2026

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4 min read

Elyssia Clark on CX, and AI chefs in aged care

Plus: A concerning report on New Zealand's demographics, why older people don't lose their sense of humour, and Chinese courts on AI and unfair dismissals.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: How AI helped one manager reach 300 frontline staff

Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

This week: How AI helped one manager reach 300 frontline staff

Plus: Alcohol and older Australians, the generational AI trust gap, a 94-year-old's costume contest, and the effects of ultra-processed food on our attention spans.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
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