Breaking Taboos: Older Australians talk about mental health
Helene Thomas, Mia Lindgren and Kate BurridgeBreaking Taboos is a ten-part conversational podcast about ageing and mental health. The episodes explore how older Australians experience mental health, focusing on depression in later life, creating social connections, intergenerational living, experiences of grief, retiring and transitioning into aged care, late-life gender transition, living with HIV/AIDS as an older person and how some people... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 11 | Founded | 8 months ago |
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Transgender woman Kathy Mansfield shares her experience of depression at the age of 62, right at the cusp of her gender journey. We learn through Kathy’s living experience that as well as feeling liberated from living authentically, there are unique ... more
Grief is a common and yet unique experience for all of us. Listening to people share their experiences - the various ways they’ve responded - can deepen our understanding of the grieving process.
This episode - Dealing with Grief - is the story of ... more
In this episode - Don’t want to be a burden - we hear from two women, one almost 90-year-old and the other is in her late 70s. The women have chosen to use a pseudonym for this podcast, and so we are calling them Kay and Eva.
Kay and Eva have both ... more
In this episode we are taken to a choir rehearsal and fishing club meeting in Hervey Bay Queensland. And an exercise class at a village hub in Perth, Western Australia.
The two women we’ll be hearing from value social connection and staying active a... more
For this episode - The pursuit of happiness, our producer Helene Thomas spent time inside an aged care home in southern Tasmania.
Every Wednesday morning, retirees Geoff Atkins and Phil Hoysted play a game of trivial pursuit with some of the residen... more
Some people go through life without ever experiencing any mental health conditions. But what happens when you suddenly find yourself in your late 80s feeling depressed and anxious for the first time.
In this episode, 'First time depression as an oc... more
David Menadue is one of the longest surviving people with AIDS in Australia. David has overcome many AIDS-related illnesses since he was positively diagnosed with HIV in 1984. He was 32 years old at the time.
David has lived a much longer life than ... more
Throughout his life Fred has always been the captain of his own ship. As a business owner he had a lot of confidence in his abilities and was regarded as an upstanding citizen in his local community.
When he was in his mid-50s, Fred found himself i... more
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