Latest news and stories about aging in Portugal for expats and residents.
The problem is when we no longer know how we are being seen or if we are being seen at all. And then, fear appears. Not as a dramatisation, but as a perception. Opinion piece by Sérgio Ignácio.
Across Europe and beyond, the stated goal is clear: people should age and live independently, but independence is not sustained by good intentions alone.
It's a perception that affects everyone, or almost everyone, at various ages. Still, it's mainly among older people that we most often hear complaints about time seeming to speed up. On this Tuesday's Morning Diary, psychologist Catarina Lucas helps explain the reasons that trigger this feeling.
“When we reach this state of awareness and maturity, we will attract the right person. It's not worth forcing it,” Dina Aguiar visited 'Alta Definição' to speak with Daniel Oliveira about love, career and plans for the future. An interview about ageing, forgiving and living lightly. Listen to the programme here as a podcast.
The indignities of ageing and the approach of death permeate what has been billed as Julian Barnes's final novel. Opinion by Helena Vasconcelos
Why did time insist on overtaking me? Column by Inês Meneses
Older people who didn't lose heart are far stronger than young people who were never challenged to lose heart. They are not just survivors. They are winners. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso.
