✍️ Writing Update — From the Heart

I am now in the final drafting stages of my next book:

Living and Growing
#LivingAndGrowingOldInSilence
#BrokenSocialContract
#RespectOurElders
#PensionersMatter
#AgeingWithDignity
#InvisibleGeneration
#ElderlyVoices
#LonelinessAwareness
#TheAgeingTruthSeries

Older persons are leaders, teachers, and agents in their own lives. A rights-based society honours dignity, autonomy, and contribution at every age.

#AgeingWithDignity #OlderPersons #HumanRights #AgePride #EndAgeism
@cdnhumanrights.bsky.social @garopsec.bsky.social @cmadocs.bsky.social

How are you planning for the next 50 years?

CBC Maritime interview with Preston Mulligan on Maritime Connection: Margaret Gillis and Janice Keefe “Navigating the Next 50 Years”.

Listen: https://cstu.io/8ce5e7

#ILCC #CCAA #AgeDiversity #AgeingWithDignity

To mark International Day of Older Persons, listen again to our podcast episode exploring how social work can better meet the needs of older people. 🎧

🔗 shows.acast.com/lets-talk-so...

#OlderPersonsDay | #AgeingWithDignity

💫 BASW proudly supports International Day of Older Persons!

As a global community we must strengthen opportunities for older people, improve their rights, have their voices heard, and contributions recognised.

Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...

#OlderPersonsDay | #AgeingWithDignity

Rare verses reverse the gaze, portraying older beloveds with tenderness, dignity, and fading but radiant beauty.
By Dr Aftab Husain

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/05-Aug-2025/...

#UrduPoetry #ageingwithdignity #desire #ClassicalMusic #ghazal #love #Gap #ModernUrdu #Literature

When Desire Ages: The Shifting Faces Of Love In Urdu Poetry Urdu poetry reveals how love and longing shift with age—often showing older lovers yearning for youth, and rarely, the tender portrayal of ageing beloveds

From Mir to Ahmad Mushtaq, Urdu poets have long explored the ache of ageing lovers facing the beauty of youth.
By Dr Aftab Husain

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/05-Aug-2025/...

#UrduPoetry #ageingwithdignity #desire #ClassicalMusic #ghazal #love #Gap #ModernUrdu #Literature

🏥 Today is #NationalLongTermCareDay

We honour the residents, families & staff at the heart of long-term care.

Let’s advocate for stronger infrastructure and person-centred policies—so every older adult can age with dignity.

#AgeingWithDignity #LTC #BetterCareForAll

- Older persons are too often left behind in humanitarian responses.
- Less than 1% of projects target their needs.
- A dedicated international legal instrument is essential.

#WEAAD #AgeingWithDignity #LeaveNoOneBehind

#WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay: We all share the responsibility to ensure older persons can live in dignity, even in uncertain times. #OlderPersons are not just victims, they are agents of resilience.

#AgeingWithDignity #WEAAD #LeaveNoOneBehind

Ahead of #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay on Sunday, please have a look at my video statement on #OlderPersons in #ArmedConflicts. Older persons are facing violence, especially in armed conflicts, and are often left behind.

#WEAAD #LeaveNoOneBehind #AgeingWithDignity