Behind every great man is an even greater woman and Maddy Dychtwald is the greater woman behind one of the doyens of healthy ageing, Dr Ken Dychtwald. Maddy is a demographer and author of Influence: How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better. Maddy shares with us her views on the perceptions of ageing, dementia, the importance of relationships, the different roles of men and women as they age, and taking good care of ourselves.