Author: Global Health Aging
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Japan Confronts Crime Wave With Aging Population
“It wasn’t great to get caught, but I just didn’t give a damn…” Fumio Kageyama A crime wave among older people is underway in the world’s greyest nation. Just last year in Japan, the number of criminals over 65 overtook the number of teenage criminals for the first time since the country started publishing age-related…
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Monthly News Roundup – May 2016
April was a busy month for Global Health Aging. We welcomed a new correspondent, published a two-part series on Venezuela’s economic crisis, and added two new sections to the website – Press Coverage and Cool Videos. The publication is currently hosting a book giveaway for Dementia Awareness Week. Enter to win The Dementia Diaries! Contest ends…
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Strategies to Promote Positive Aging in New Zealand
Much like elsewhere in the Western world, the population in New Zealand is aging; the number of people over 65 has doubled since 1980, and is expected to double once again by 2036. This increase in the aging population is largely the result of a rising life expectancy, as it is estimated that the average…
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