As is the case in many developed countries around the world, Australia is experiencing the ageing of its population. The increasing number of older workers in Australia and many other industrialised nations presents an unprecedented challenge for employers, the economy, and for individual workers. The human resource management (HRM) challenges related to attracting and retaining older workers h...

Several immune functions are markers of health, biological age and predictors of longevity. A chronic oxidative and inflammatory state is the main cause of ageing and the immune system is involved in the rate of ageing. Thus, several murine models of premature ageing have been proposed owing to their early immunosenescence and oxidative stress, such as ovariectomised rats and mice, obese rats a...

The prospect of space travel continues to capture the imagination. Several competing companies are now promising flights for the general population. Previously, it was recognized that many of the physiological changes that occur with spaceflight are similar to those seen with normal ageing. This led to the notion that spaceflight can be used as a model of accelerated ageing and raised concerns ...

The extent of ageing in the musculoskeletal system during the life course affects the quality and length of life. Loss of bone, degraded articular cartilage, and degenerate, narrowed intervertebral discs are primary features of an ageing skeleton, and together they contribute to pain and loss of mobility. This review covers the cellular constituents that make up some key components of the muscu...

Dealing with the effect of vocal ageing on speaker verification is an important challenge. In this paper, a new approach to improving speaker verification performance in the presence of long-term ageing is presented. Analogous to eigenchannel compensation, the proposed eigenageing compensation method operates by adapting a speaker model to a test sample based on a predetermined ageing subspace....

Pruritus occurs frequently in the elderly population, but it has not been fully defined and its precise prevalence is unknown. Putative causes of pruritus are numerous and patients' quality of life can be greatly reduced. In the absence of any specific cause, a diagnosis of senile pruritus is proposed, suggesting that itch is secondary to ageing. However, the relationship of pruritus with skin ...

Following a critical overview of the active ageing concept, a thematic decomposition of 42 transcribed interviews with British people aged 72 years and over indicates that active ageing is understood in relation to physical, cognitive, psychological and social factors, but that these co-exist in complex combinations. The notion of activity in active ageing is grasped in relation to an active/pa...

Many people see ageing as a time of cognitive and physical decline. For the past three decades, most scientists and the general public have accepted this negative age-stereotype as the norm, but fortunately this view is now challenged. New findings show that well-being and a positive view of ageing are major protective factors against the effects of age on the organism. These results challenge ...