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OPINIONS
Colin Milner : Age be damned
There is a growing sentiment in society today that age is just a number. As our expectations for growing old change, a new mantra is emerging to support this view: “Age be damned.” By Colin Milner, CEO, International Council on Active Aging® At the root of this shift are the scientists who dissect every aspect of growing old–from the impact that[Read More…]
News
Challenge seeks innovations to improve wellbeing in aging populations
MIT AgeLab launches In Good Company global challenge in partnership with GE, Benchmark Senior Living, and the Massachusetts Council to Address Aging. A global innovation challenge for the improvement of well-being in aging populations was recently announced by the MIT Age Lab and a group of industry, academic, and government partners affiliated with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Council to Address[Read More…]
ECONOMY
We’ll Live to 100 – How Can We Afford It?
The challenges we face to provide our ageing societies with a financially secure retirement are well-known. In most countries around the world, standards of living and healthcare advancements are allowing people to live longer. This should be celebrated, but we should also consider the implications for the financial systems that have been designed to meet our retirement needs, which in[Read More…]
SOCIETY
Ageism decreases when young and old spend time together (study)
According to a study by the American Journal of Public Health, bringing together youth and older people in diverse settings, as well as educating young people about the aging process, can fight ageism, according to US News & World Report. “The results really suggest that these interventions have had a very strong effect on the results, attitudes and knowledge” on[Read More…]
BUSINESS
Uber Eats develops in Japan with Seniors couriers
Uber is testing a track to expand its business in Japan with the employment of older adults in its delivery service, UberEATS. Bloomberg reports that Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, said UberEATS has been a huge access for the company to Japan, offering an unusual way to enter the country. He says older people in Japan are the most eager[Read More…]
STUDIES
The 2018 Ageing Report
This report looks at the long-run economic and fiscal implications of Europe’s ageing population. Significantly lower working-age population projected for the EU over the coming decades The demographic projections over the long term reveal that the EU is ‘turning increasingly grey’ in the coming decades. The total population in the EU is projected to increase from 511 million in 2016[Read More…]
