Veronika Wild

    Just because I’ve been talking about Dementia, loss of mobility or other health issues doesn’t mean that you should get depressed about ageing. There are simply more and more people living longer and mostly better lives and these afflictions are only a small part of it . In the longer TED Talk by Ashton Applewhite , she mentions that Dementia affects only 4% of the population. In other good news, 90% of UK residents over 65 remain in their own homes , only 8% of Australians end up in care homes and only around 4% of Americans do. As it stands this usually only happens at the very end of people’s lives and those numbers are falling and could fall more quickly if   things like accessibility, mobility and affordability which we mentioned earlier, were addressed - something which is happening now.Continuing research may also reduce the figures for Dementia. Sixty is a Number, not a Use – By -Date  Another cause for celebration is that some of the w...

This is a Car-Free Day in Toronto from a couple of years ago since the day fell on a Saturday. Unfortunately it falls on a Thursday this year, but you'll get an idea of the kind of fun you could have on a Car -Free Day.    Dear Friends, I can see you aren’t as excited about the topic of Ageing so I’m giving you a break today and promise to finish up on this topic really soon. It just happens to be World Car -Free Day tomorrow, so I thought we should take a few minutes to think about that. The aim is to showcase more sustainable   forms of transport – walking, cycling and public transport, all of which reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions from the use of fossil fuels. The latter have unfortunately been rising. Obviously organisers hope that the joy of not using one’s car will go beyond that one day and that people will have so much fun that they will want to keep doing it. Usually it involves street closures and street parties, games and perhaps foot or cycle races as ...