Smarter ageing - how living longer is reshaping how we live and work

About this episode

The episode discusses how living longer affects health and work, featuring insights on cognitive ageing and the brain economy.

We’re living longer, but not all those years are healthy ones. In Australia, there’s now roughly a 12-year gap between how long we live and how long we live in good health – meaning many of us can expect a decade or more of life with health problems. So, how can we shrink that gap? UNSW Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey is one of the world’s leading experts on cognitive ageing and dementia prevention. She explains why brain health is key to ageing well, and how demographic shifts are transforming workplaces and opening new markets in the ‘brain economy’. +++ The Business Of podcast is brought to you by the University of New South Wales Business School, produced with Deadset Studios . This episode is hosted by  Dr Juliet Bourke , with insights from Professor Barney Tan . The transcript and show notes can be found on our website  here . Listen to our episode with Aware Super’s Katrina McPhee  here . Want to follow the latest research and news from UNSW Business School and AGSM @UNSW Business School and subscribe to our industry stories at BusinessThink and follow UNSW Business School and AGSM on LinkedIn. Or listen to new…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Juliet Bourke

Guest: Kaarin Anstey

Topics covered

• smarter ageing
• cognitive ageing
• dementia prevention
• brain health
• workplace transformation
• brain economy

Keywords

• ageing
• health
• cognition
• dementia
• workplace
• demographics
• brain economy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of New South Wales Business School, Deadset Studios, Aware Super

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