Center for the Future of Aging

Hillary Is In -- And Her Age Is No Disqualifier

Hillary is in, and questions are already surfacing about her age. While I'd rather talk policy than politics, let me take issue with that age question now. Americans deserve to know about a presidential prospect's health, and questions...
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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