Future of Aging
Digital Technology Bundles: A Testing and Validation Blueprint for Fall Prevention
Digital Technology Bundles: A Testing and Validation Blueprint for Fall Prevention
Globally, the number of people aged 60 and older is projected to grow from 900 million today to more than 2 billion by mid-century. With shifts in employment, retirement norms, healthcare delivery, family structures, and other economic and social determinants, the future of aging will be different for individuals, families, businesses, communities, and government agencies. Now is the time for all entities to plan – and act.
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Digital Technology Bundles: A Testing and Validation Blueprint for Fall Prevention
Falls are the leading cause of injury, both fatal and nonfatal, among adults aged 65 and above. In response, an array of fall-prevention technologies has become available; however, an abundance of “point solutions”—apps, products, services...Read Report -
Stories from the Field: Stacy Dillow
What inspired HPE to prioritize caregiving support for your employees? Did a personal caregiving experience or story influence the decision to implement these benefits? At HPE, we genuinely believe that our people are our greatest strength...Read Article -
The Longevity Equation: How Healthspan and Wealthspan Intersect
This report introduces a new framework—the Longevity Equation (H × W) × T^β— which illustrates how health (H), wealth (W), and technology (T) interact to shape outcomes across the lifespan.Read ReportImage
Dawn M. Carpenter, DLS
Director, Financial LongevityDawn M. Carpenter, DLS, is the director of financial longevity at MI Health. -
Longevity Ready: A Systems Approach to Aging Well at Home
Longer lives are one of society’s greatest achievements, but they bring new responsibilities to help people prepare for extended lifespans. Longevity Ready: A Systems Approach to Aging Well at Home outlines areas for strategic action to...Read ReportLonger lives are one of society’s greatest achievements, but they bring new responsibilities to help people prepare for extended lifespans.
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A Midpoint Reckoning: The United States and the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing
As leaders gather in New York for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly this September, the world is also marking the midpoint of the UN’s Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030). The initiative calls on nations to work together to support...Read ArticleImage
Dawn M. Carpenter, DLS
Director, Financial LongevityDawn M. Carpenter, DLS, is the director of financial longevity at MI Health. -
Request for Proposals: Kissick Family Foundation Frontotemporal Dementia Grant Program (2025-2026)
The Kissick Family Foundation Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) Grant Program will fund a third cohort of research studies to understand the fundamental biology of why and how sporadic forms of FTD develop. In partnership with the Milken...Read Article -
Family Caregiving: Every Sector, Every Solution
“Even as a health-care professional, I experience how overwhelming the cost of care is each year. No one should have to carry that burden alone.” During a private roundtable at the 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference, Sandra Abrevaya...Read ArticleImage
Priyanka Shah
Associate Director, Future of AgingPriyanka Shah is the associate director of the Milken Institute Future of Aging, which advances healthy longevity and financial security for all through a life-course perspective on aging and longevity. -
Mind the Gap: Investing in Dementia as an Opportunity to Extend Healthspan
We are living through an age of remarkable longevity. Globally, the number of people aged 60 and over is projected to double in the next 25 years. But this longevity boom masks a critical problem: the growing gap between lifespan and...Read Report
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Aging Societies—Opportunities amid Challenges? Part 2
The Milken Institute has partnered with the DBS Foundation in authoring a series of three short papers focused on longevity and population aging. This research is coordinated with the DBS Foundation Impact Beyond Award, which will award S$1...Read ReportImage
Quintus Lim
Associate Director, Asia, Milken Institute InternationalQuintus Lim is an associate director of policy and programs for the International pillar at the Milken Institute. He focuses on policy areas such as R&D financing, technological adoption across domains such as health, food, agriculture, finance, and the broader economy, and issues of ecosystem building.
Media Mentions
Longevity.Technology
Milken Institute calls for greater investment in dementia research and development to help boost global healthspan and longevity.
HR Brew
Leaders from Bank of America, the Milken Institute, and Hanover Insurance, discussed extended leave, flexible workdays, and employee resource groups.
i Advance Senior Care
A new report, “America’s Unseen Workforce: The State of Family Caregiving,” identifies a looming caregiving crisis in the United States.
Worth
The Milken Institute's Diane Ty highlights the widening gap between lifespan and healthspan, the need for policy and innovation to address the caregiving crisis, and the shift in cultural views on aging as a way to tap into the power of intergenerational mentorship.
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Mike Brown
Dawn M. Carpenter, DLS
Lauren Dunning, JD
Paul Irving
Shiprah Jamshaid
Esther Krofah
Christopher Multerer
Jennifer Rossano
Priyanka Shah
Diane Ty
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