A Global Peer-Learning Network for Positive Ageing Advocates
PATHWAYS
Ageing - Community Support - Work & Economic Security - Lifelong Learning
Our perceptions about ageing affect our health and quality of life as we grow old. Added longevity, new medical procedures, and assistive technologies have empowered positive aging. It’s important for us to see the potential and learn about the ways in which we can live better longer. We must combat pervasive ageism that focuses exclusively on needs and disabilities. Learn more...
There’s no better way to gain personal support for positive aging than in a support group of people who are sharing their experience over time. And on a broader platform, there’s no better place to live than in communities that deliberately develop infrastructure that empowers the engagement, mobility, and security of older residents. Learn more...
Whether paid or unpaid, meaningful work builds on personal strengths, offers a sense of purpose, and produces benefits for both the doer and the community. Throughout the world, however, ageism in the workplace is pervasive, even while the increasing threat of financial insecurity in old age is creating anxiety. Learn more...
We are both teachers and learners all of our life, and there are now Third Age Universities and Lifelong Learning programs growing all over the world to foster peer-to-peer learning as well as traditional adult education. Learn more...
Blog Articles
When President John F. Kennedy convened the first White House Conference on Aging, he said, “We have added years to life, now it’s time to add life to those years.” Fifty-eight years later, I recently returned from attending a United Nations Expert Group Meeting on “Measuring Population Ageing: Bridging Research and Policy.” Hosted in Bangkok
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. It was a historical moment for humanity. It outlines the fundamental human rights under which we are universally protected. Since then population-specific conventions have been developed by working groups and adopted by countries around the world, such as: Convention
I first met James Birren (pictured above with Cheryl) in 1975 when I was a graduate student at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Birren, the founding dean, was head of the school. Our relationship was rekindled in the mid-90s when I enrolled in his Guided Autobiography
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