Age is just a number: study proves you're only as old as you feel

By Harriet Alexander
Updated January 13 2015 - 10:08am, first published December 20 2014 - 12:15am
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir
Fit as a fiddle: Helen Clift, 88, still gets up at 5am to walk to her local pool to swim every day. Photo: Nick Moir

The son of Helen Clift's dear friend was offended by her reaction when she learnt that his father had died.