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Magazine article
The surprising power of photography in ageing well
The Conversation, Vol.3 June 2025
2025
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
Older adults are often faced with lifestyle changes that can disrupt their sense of place and purpose. It may be the loss of a partner, downsizing their home, or moving to residential aged care. And these changes can come with loss of identity, uncertainty, disconnect and isolation.
But what if I told you a simple camera could help alleviate some of these pains? I’ve been working with older adults for the past decade, using photography as a way of connecting with place, and the results have been transformational.
Details
- Title
- The surprising power of photography in ageing well
- Authors
- Tricia King - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Healthy Ageing Research Cluster
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.3 June 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.pd354up9c
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Healthy Ageing Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991131905402621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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