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George Gouzounis

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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
This week: The three tiers of AI in aged care

Apr 21, 2026

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5 min read

This week: The three tiers of AI in aged care

Plus: The new aged care consumer, a new community expectations report, infections as a dementia risk, and a poet-botanist's lifelong pursuit of discovery.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: Sandwiches and the feeling of home

Apr 14, 2026

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11 min read

This week: Sandwiches and the feeling of home

Plus: AI that predicts heart failure five years early, a 12-year study on cognition and happiness, and why you should not ask AI to start from scratch.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: A random stranger beats the best chatbot

Apr 7, 2026

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12 min read

This week: A random stranger beats the best chatbot

Plus: Pets in aged care, the fuel crisis hits aged care workers, a five-minute game about media and feedback loops, and salt substitutes that people don't use.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: We don’t need another warning

Mar 31, 2026

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11 min read

This week: We don’t need another warning

Plus: AI glasses to help people with dementia, AI fluency as the new class divide, pricing transparency under scrutiny, and a systems thinking tool.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: The immigrants keeping older people alive

Mar 24, 2026

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11 min read

This week: The immigrants keeping older people alive

Plus: A full-day AI workshop in Melbourne, the caregiving toll on families, Simone de Beauvoir on why we abandon the old, and solo ageing by the numbers.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: Your culture as competitive advantage

Mar 17, 2026

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12 min read

This week: Your culture as competitive advantage

Plus: Star ratings and the aged care customer journey, "tech-love goggles" in Swedish aged care, and a new study that reframes ageing as improvement rather than decline.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: What workers carry home

Mar 10, 2026

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11 min read

This week: What workers carry home

Plus: The baker of Ikaria, China's five-year plan and what it means for aged care, the jobs AI is actually disrupting, and a dementia prevention finding thirty years in the making.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: Australia's grey-shaped economy

Mar 3, 2026

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12 min read

This week: Australia's grey-shaped economy

Plus: The UN starts drafting rights for older people, what changes about diet when you're past 80, and a reframe on midlife and mortality.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: China observations on ageing, aged care and beyond

Feb 24, 2026

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11 min read

This week: China observations on ageing, aged care and beyond

Plus: Education-based productivity gaps, a man who gets older on his own terms, and building interactive tools and pages with AI.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: What is capital asymmetry for aged care

Feb 17, 2026

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11 min read

This week: What is capital asymmetry for aged care

Plus: The excitement and risks of AI, why digital companions won't solve social isolation, Europe’s longevity divide, and the “gold rush” for menopause marketing.

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: What Australia gets right about volunteers

Feb 10, 2026

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11 min read

This week: What Australia gets right about volunteers

Plus: Longevity and retirement, lessons from extended use of monitoring technologies, a new family health app, and older adults using AI to better articulate problems

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: The financial fragility of our aged care workers

Feb 3, 2026

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12 min read

This week: The financial fragility of our aged care workers

Plus: "Green" dying, AI guidelines, a short film on intergenerational friendship, and the small changes linked to longevity

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
This week: Manufacturing meaning in aged care

Jan 27, 2026

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10 min read

This week: Manufacturing meaning in aged care

Plus: parks as social infrastructure, AI health risks, and switching care without moving homes

George Gouzounis
George Gouzounis
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