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Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
More than 53 million people provide unpaid care for loved ones, with 61 percent also holding paid jobs. Family caregiving impacts...
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Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
More than 53 million people provide unpaid care for loved ones, with 61 percent also holding paid jobs. Family caregiving impacts...
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Partnering with longevity innovators and multisector stakeholders, the Future of Aging develops solutions that enhance healthspan—the period of life spent in good health. By advancing preventive care, fostering social connections, and promoting purpose-driven living, the initiative champions scientific progress that encourages not just longer lives, but healthier ones. This holistic approach to health ensures that individuals can remain active participants in society throughout their lives.
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Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
More than 53 million people provide unpaid care for loved ones, with 61 percent also holding paid jobs. Family caregiving impacts financial stability, career progression, and overall well-being.Read Report
Improving Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
DOWNLOAD REPORT The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia is increasing as advancements in medicine, public health, and living standards extend human lifespans. Approximately 12–18 percent of Americans aged 60 and older...Read Report
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The Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging
The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities Administration for Community Living US Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC 20201 Dear Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy...Read Letter
Request for Information on Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act – US Senate HELP Committee
On behalf of the Milken Institute, we are pleased to respond to your Request for Information (RFI) to support the development and identification of priority areas for the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA; P.L. 89-73, as...Read Letter
Implementation of California’s Master Plan for Aging
Thank you for your dedication to studying the early implementation of California’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA) to ensure progress on its important goals.Read LetterImage
Lauren Dunning
Director, Future of Aging, Milken Institute HealthLauren Dunning is a director for the Milken Institute Future of Aging, where she develops initiatives and strategic partnerships that advance healthy longevity and financial security across the life course.
Advancing Tech-Enabled Health and Home Care
Over the last two-plus years, the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging has explored the financial and care-delivery gaps in the long-term care market, specifically the barriers to affordable care for middle-income households and...Read Report
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Building Workforce Capacity to Improve Detection and Diagnosis of Dementia
The Alliance to Improve Dementia Care, part of the Milken Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging, utilizes a multi-sector approach to develop recommendations to improve care for individuals living with dementia across all stages...Read ReportMM
New Approaches to Long-Term Care Access for Middle-Income Households
"New Approaches to Long-Term Care Access for Middle-Income Americans" summarizes the key findings of a Financial Innovations Lab® organized by the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and Innovative Finance teams in Fall 2020...Read Report
Together Apart: Findings from the Social Isolation Impact Summit
In July 2020, the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) and the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging convened the Social Isolation Impact Summit. We brought together experts in health and aging for one objective: to share...Read Report
Caregivers in the Workplace
The Milken Institute Future of Aging and The Johns Hopkins University Business of Health Initiative brought together prominent employers, researchers, caregiving advocates, and representatives of the business community for a half-day convening at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC. The group discussed the need to raise private-sector employers’ awareness of the unique hurdles faced by working family caregivers, especially those caring for older adults, and opportunities to identify, offer, and advocate for impactful and valued employer benefits and support programs aimed at improving their lives.
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