Q & A with Matthew Baumgart Vice President of Health Policy, Alzheimer’s Association Shifting Focus: The Value of Investing in Dementia Treatment, Care, and Support 1. We are seeing record investment in developing therapeutics to slow...

To address the impact that the COVID-19 virus is having on people living with dementia and their caregivers, this brief analyzes recent policy and funding updates and puts forward the following actionable recommendations to build a COVID-19...

Last November, I was struggling to breathe. I was suffering from an asthma flare-up as I recovered from the flu. When I called my pulmonologist to make an immediate appointment, I was gasping well before they shocked me with the news: They...

During the first 100,000 years of human evolution, life expectancy fluctuated between 20 to 30 years. But life expectancy in the industrial world has nearly tripled in the last century—a remarkable achievement mainly attributable to such...

In This Newsletter Improving Dementia Care Advising States on the Future of Aging Advancing Healthy Longevity Strengthening Financial Security Building the Center’s Team The Latest From Our Advisory Board Improving Dementia Care Director...

Howard Fillit, MD Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Howard Fillit, MD is a geriatrician, neuroscientist, and innovative philanthropy executive, who has led the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation...

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...

Since 2020 we’ve lived through a historic threat to widespread financial security. The pandemic reminded us how the poorest people tend to suffer most from a public health crisis and economic disruption. This year we see how geopolitical...

On average, people with Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia live six to ten years after diagnosis. People with vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia live on average five to six years after diagnosis. A great deal can and...

COVID-19 offered learnings on where and how to care for older adults. We realized that we are ill-prepared for a growing, aging population. We grappled with a harsh reality—so many older adults were in nursing homes because they couldn't...