But there is one thing they are unhappy about: nine in 10 feel they are stereotyped based on their age and 70 per cent experience some form of ageism.
So says Andrea Mollard in a Herald Sun opinion piece about ageing and stereotyping.
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Choose happy, despite the hurdles of ageism
Getting older is not as universally miserable as we’ve been led to believe with nearly half of the 5000 people aged over 50 surveyed by Australian Seniors reporting that they were happiest post 50.
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