Vivid Sydney 2023 Recording | How to grow old well and try not to die

With the growing prevalence of terms like “positive ageing” and “healthy ageing”, getting old can at times feel like a competition. But is there really a perfect way to ‘grow old well’?
CHeBA Co-Director Professor Perminder Sachdev is one of Australia’s pre-eminent authorities on biological ageing and exceptional longevity. He was joined by a panel of experts on ageing as they discussed both the big existential and pragmatic questions around growing old, namely: should we be fighting a natural process, in an attempt to cheat death through science?
The event was hosted by psychiatrist Associate Professor Neil Jeyasingam, and also featured: geriatrician and ageism expert Dr Lisa Mitchell, Dr Ruth Wilson, who completed her PhD on Jane Austen at 88 years old and 98 year old Patricia Segal, a near-centenarian in CHeBA’s Sydney Centenarian Study.
Acknowledgement Of Country
Destination NSW acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land and waters upon which Vivid Sydney is hosted. We offer our respect to their Elders both past and present.