Ageism awareness workshop resources
Resources and further reading from the ageism awareness workshop
Older people’s rights
Article
15 January 2026
Summary
Ageism is a real and often overlooked barrier to positive ageing. This page includes links from our ageism awareness workshops. It also shares other resources to support positive change in age-related attitudes and behaviours.
Reports from the Commission
- The age barrier: older adults’ experiences of ageism in health care (2025)
- Changing perspectives: testing an ageism intervention (2023)
- What’s age got to do with it? (2021).
Resources from the workshop
Video
Research
Videos
Research
- Worried about turning 60? Science says that’s when many of us actually peak
- The houseplant study (1976)
- Can you trick your ageing body into feeling younger? (BBC article about the Counterclockwise study) (2010)
- Aging redefined: Cognitive and physical improvement with positive age beliefs (2026)
- New research shows a growth mindset helps cognitive performance in older adults
- Cultivating a growth mindset: Why productive aging isn’t just about activity but attitude
Other resources
- Becca Levy, Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Ageing Determine How Long and Well You Live (2022)
- Laura Carstensen, A Long Bright Future (2009)
- Ellen Langer, Counterclockwise: A Proven Way to Think Yourself Younger and Healthier (2010)
- Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott, The 100‑Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity (2016)
- EveryAGE Counts: Introduction to ageism (video)
- EveryAGE Counts: Imagine a world without ageism (video)
- Ageist comments in health care (video)
- AARP: What is old? (video)
- ABC: Old People’s Home for Teenagers (video)
- Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier (TED Talk)
- Just Say No to Ageist Comments (video)
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