By Geraldine Bedell on 13 September, 2010
Here is the invitation to Agebomb’s NESTA event on October 5th. Please do sign up!
Posted in Blog, Culture, Politics, Work | Tagged Caroline Waters, Charles Leadbeater, Encore, Experience Corps, Julia Neuberger, Marc Freedman, Nesta, pension, Prime Time, Purpose Prize, retirement, Shift |
By Geraldine Bedell on 9 June, 2010
‘Older people’, the subject matter of this website, has a euphemistic ring. It sounds weaselly. Older than what, or whom? Babies? Toddlers? Teenagers? It’s a phrase that reminds me of the old Jonathan Miller joke: ‘In fact, I’m not really a Jew. Just Jew-ish.’ It prevaricates and quibbles and refuses to come out and say [...]
Posted in Blog, Culture | Tagged A Fresh Map of Life: The Emergence of the Third Age, Abigail Trafford Walsh, Boomers, centenarians, elder care, elderly, elders, Encore, Eric Midwinter, Fourth Age, Gene Cohen, Geoff Oliver, George Washington University, golden years, Jonathan Miller, London marathon, Marc Freedman, Michael Young, Ms magazine, Old, old people, older people, Oxford Institute of Ageing, pensioners, Peter Laslett, Phyllis Moen, Prime Time, retirement, Seniors, Suzanne Braun Levine, the Guardian, The Making of An Elder Culture, Theodore Roszak, Third Age, U3A, Université de la Troisième Age, University of Minnesota, Washington Post |