Aging

COVID-19 and the Future of Aging: A Public Health Forecast

3 Nov 2020

What this thought leader thinks could improve the US response to the pandemic In this interview series from the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and PBS' Next Avenue, experts from the Center's Advisory Board share their...

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Linda Fried

A world-renowned geriatrician and epidemiologist, Linda Fried has defined frailty and its causes, conducted research on the prevention of disability and cardiovascular disease, and proposes that investments in health for longer lives could build a Third Demographic Dividend.

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Targeting Tau — Our Hope to Solving the Dementia Crisis

11 Oct 2020

In our systems-based review of the biomedical landscape supporting research of a cellular protein called tau—a common culprit in a number of neurodegenerative diseases—we make the case that focused strategic investment in tau research and...

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News Release

Milken Institute Global Conference Opens October 12

11 Oct 2020

The livestreamed eight-day event features nearly 500 speakers, including top business leaders, health and government officials, activists, entertainers, influencers and more. Los Angeles – October 11, 2020 – The 23rd annual Milken Institute...

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Milken Institute

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Together Apart: Findings from the Social Isolation Impact Summit

13 Oct 2020

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...

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Caroline Servat and Jennifer Baker

13 Oct 2020

Power of Ideas

Longevity and Philanthropy: Wallis Annenberg GenSpace on Reimagining Aging

2 Sep 2020

The writer Martha Beck once said this of growing old: “Everybody has to do it, but I always believed an exception would be made in my case.” The truth is that if we’re lucky, Old Age is a club to which we’ll all belong. And now that the...

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Wallis Annenberg

Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO, Annenberg Foundation

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Financial Security in Retirement Requires Rethinking Needs

12 Aug 2020

Effective financial planning requires clarity about individual circumstances and an appreciation of the shifting longevity landscape. In the US, life expectancy at birth is approximately 79 years, according to the National Center for Health...

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Peter Mullin

Chairman, M Center of Excellence

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Milken Institute Announces New Alliance to Improve Dementia Care

20 Jul 2020

13 million people in the US are projected to have Alzheimer's disease or related dementias in the next 20 years. Washington, D.C. – July 20, 2020 – The Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging announced today the launch of the...

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Exposing the Long-Standing Under-Investments in Senior Hunger and Isolation

15 Jul 2020

The pandemic’s closure of group dining programs, combined with the overnight spike and continuing surge in need for home-delivered meals for seniors, shined a light on the consequences of continued under-investments in our nation’s food...

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Ellie Hollander

President and CEO, Meals on Wheels America

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The Nation’s Pandemic: The Coming Together of Age, Disability, and Diversity

8 Jul 2020

The COVID-19 virus has undoubtedly altered how we live our lives, from the nature of our relationships to our views of who we are as individuals, communities, a nation, and members of a global community. Its impact is widely reported, with...

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Power of Ideas

COVID-19 Has Shown Us All What It’s Like to Be Lonely

17 Jun 2020

Despite scant evidence that much has changed medically in the US since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, Americans have begun to insist that we “open up” again. We have concluded as a society that as destructive as the virus is, some things...

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