Depression in later life is one of the most common and most missed mental health conditions in Australia. It often doesn't look like what most people picture when they think of depression, and that's why so many people in their 60s, 70s, and 80s are living with it unrecognised and unsupported. This article explains what late-life depression actually looks like, why it is so often overlooked, and what the research tells us genuinely helps.

There is a particular kind of loneliness that can settle in at midlife and beyond; not the sharp loneliness of sudden loss, but something quieter and harder to name. A sense that the connections you once took for granted have slowly shifted. This article is for anyone in midlife and beyond who has wondered why connection feels harder than it used to, and what may help.