What is the lifecourse approach to ageing?

From the moment we are born, we all begin ageing. This is the start of a complex and varied lifecourse. Each of us live through different events, we make choices, we face the consequences of policies and systems, and intersecting forms of discrimination that influence our lives. As we grow older, the impact on us of these different experiences accumulates.

The characters in the animation above experienced complex and varied lifecourses. Events, choices, policies and discrimination impacted them at the time, but also long into their future. At the same time, as they grew older, their age intersected with other characteristics, which meant they faced complex and unique forms of marginalisation and discrimination in older age.

Below we have more detail on each of the animation's stories to further illustrate the consequences of discrimination and the accumulation of disadvantage across the lifecourse in older age.

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Source: HelpAge International