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You too will get old, but it can be a joyful experience
Readers discuss new aged care reforms but not everyone agrees they will be better off as a result.
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Aged care
Baby Boomers face aged care bed shortages as funding crisis worsens
The shortage could leave the sector without 21,200 beds as operators warn of financial pressures that will force them to close more homes than they build.
- by David Crowe
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Retirement living
Want to be ‘carried out in a box’? How retirees can tap into the value of their homes
For many Australians over 65, a significant amount of their wealth is tied up in the family home. Here are some safe ways to access it.
- by Kaye Fallick
We poor old Baby Boomers, we can’t get anything right
Age readers respond to criticism of the Baby Boomer generation.
Boomers spend, Zoomers struggle as economic divide widens
Prabhat and Neena Sinha love to travel and have plenty of hobbies in their retirement, but they see the effect the cost of living is having on their children.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
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Good things come in coloured envelopes, but only Boomers know that
Alas, we no longer send birthday cards like we used to. It’s a hallmark of the times.
- by Jo Stubbings
‘I didn’t expect to be a model at my age’: The women over 80 defying stereotypes
Forget retirement. Today’s octogenarians are just as likely to be building companies and fronting fashion campaigns.
- by Dilvin Yasa
It’s tougher now than in the 1980s
Even Boomers agree: younger people are doing it terribly tough because of the cost of putting a roof over their head.
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Sunday Life
I’m a writer, so how does my statistician partner beat me at word games?
When we do puzzles together, something dark and fierce takes over. I feel a frenzied desire to win.
- by Kerri Sackville
Opinion
NSW budget
The sensible stamp duty thought-bubble buried in a budget reply
The NSW opposition’s budget reply speech, as is customary, was an extended swipe at the government. But there was one good idea.
- by Alexandra Smith
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