With the growing prevalence of terms like “positive ageing” and “healthy ageing”, getting old can at times feel like a competition. But is there...
How to Grow Old Well and Try Not To Die
Level 2, 400 George Street
2000 NSW
Australia
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With the growing prevalence of terms like “positive ageing” and “healthy ageing”, getting old can at times feel like a competition. But is there really a perfect way to ‘grow old well’?
Join a panel of experts on ageing as they discuss both the big existential and pragmatic questions around growing old, namely: should we be fighting a natural process, in an attempt to cheat death through science?
Hosted by psychiatrist Associate Professor Neil Jeyasingam, this night also features: geriatrician and ageism expert Dr Lisa Mitchell; Professor Perminder Sachdev AM, Co-Director of the UNSW’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, and Dr Ruth Wilson, who completed her PhD on Jane Austen at 88 years old.
Proceeds will be donated to Wisdom-Connect, a charity dedicated to reducing loneliness in older people in Aged Care facilities via video conferencing technology, allowing them to connect to the outside world.
This event is part of Vivid Ideas' Human Nature series. Challenge the 'natural' ways of thinking, and explore the emerging new normals across sex, relationships, body politics, travel and more.