Aging

Are Millennials Ready for a 100-Plus-Year Life?

Dear Millennial, Are You Ready for a 100+ Year Life? I usually write about aging and older adults, but lately I've been thinking about the implications of longer lives for millennials. We're in the midst of a global demographic shift...
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Technology: Catalyst for a New Era of Aging in Place

In Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Hal, the defiant onboard computer, foreshadows a future of runaway artificial intelligence. More recently, fears about machines making work obsolete and apocalyptic visions of robot...
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Purposeful Aging: A Model for a New Life Course

Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Encore.org, offers an insightful observation about the promise and potential of longer lives. “Thousands of baby boomers each day surge into their 60s and 70s,” he wrote in a recent article for The Wall...
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Aging in the Future of Health

When the Senate Aging Committee was first established in 1961, 9 percent of Americans were over age 65. Today, 15 percent of our population has reached that milestone, and by 2060, nearly one out of four Americans will surpass their 65th...
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Susan Collins

US Senator, Maine
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Longevity and the Future of Health

We’re at a unique time in our history. Increased longevity is converging with unprecedented innovations in biomedical research, genomics, health, and technology to disrupt aging in ways previously unimaginable—empowering us to choose how we...
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Jo Ann Jenkins

CEO, AARP

The Right Road For A Better Future Of Aging

It's become common knowledge that populations are rapidly aging across the world. Increasing longevity during the last century has contributed to unprecedented global economic growth--and new opportunities for personal fulfillment that...
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How Boomers Became the Disillusioned Generation

Forgive some boomers for feeling a bit disheartened. They’re learning a lot about themselves while advancing through middle age and into later life, and the news can be unpleasant. An accumulation of recent surveys and studies indicates...
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