Ageing with attitude: What are you going to be in your third act of life?

A new movement aims to support people as they make the transition into older age. Margaret Jennings talks to its founder.

IT’S wonderful news that a growing number of us are living 30 years longer than our great-grandparents did, with life expectancy increasing by about 2½ years per decade — or is it?

Actually, society is playing catch-up with this unprecedented ‘bulge’ in the older demographic and individuals themselves are left confused by what to do next, once they retire.