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…]
With Japan’s aging population and a changing society, caregiving is a complex issue. But new technological innovations may provide solutions that were once unimaginable. By Atlas of Care Dr. Michael Birt, PhD in Japanese Studies and Atlas of Caregiving advisory council member, has worked as a consultant for many large, multinational healthcare companies, a thriving sector in Japan. In 1990, Birt[Read More…]
Canada’s population is aging rapidly, with a higher share of seniors than ever before. While this can present some societal challenges, it also provides growing opportunities for intergenerational relationships, since younger people have a greater likelihood of having more seniors and elders in their lives. Population aging has an impact not only on family relationships, but also on the social,[Read More…]
East Asia and Pacific is aging faster – and on a larger scale – than any other region in history, which could lead to a steep drop in the size of its workforce and sharp increases in public spending on pensions, health care and long-term care in the coming decades, according to a World Bank report. More than 211 million[Read More…]
By Laurie Orlov – Aging In Place Technology Watch In home and out and about – new and not quite here offerings. The top of the list alphabetically is the not-yet-here and pricey Amazon Echo Show. Is this a ground-breaking innovation? Or is it an always-watching irritant set to ‘drop-in mode’ which automatically will accept a video call after 10 seconds? On the[Read More…]
ICLP report, commissioned by Survey Sampling International (SSI), reveals that Baby Boomers, though often retailers’ most affluent audience, aren’t loyal customers because they feel overlooked and under-rewarded The research reveals that despite Baby Boomers (age 55+) often being the most affluent customers out of all the generations, as many as 93% aren’t fully loyal to their favorite brands because they[Read More…]
Over the last few weeks a few things have happened that should scare the living daylights out of those people who devise Government policy. None of events should be surprising for those of us who study the Ageing Business. It is tragic that politicians, of all sides of the political spectrum, are not so well informed. By Dick Stroud. Founder of 20plus30,[Read More…]
To uncover perceptions, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors of empty nesters, Life Reimagined commissioned a survey. This report presents findings about current empty nesters (whose last child moved out within the last 5 years) and soon-to-be empty nesters (whose last child will move out within the next two years) who are at least 40 years old and have a child who[Read More…]
Mid-life and older cinema-goers — in particular, those aged 50-plus are a powerful force at the box office. Moviegoers age 50+ make up thirty-one percent (31%) of all moviegoers over age 14 and are more likely to go to the movies than the general population. This white paper, conducted by Movio on behalf of AARP, examines the movie-going habits of[Read More…]
Most EU Member States have carried out substantial pension reforms over the last decades in order to enhance fiscal sustainability, while maintaining adequate pension income. The intensity of pension reforms has been particularly strong since 2000. In an European Economy Discussion Papers; Giuseppe Carone, Per Eckefeldt, Luigi Giamboni, Veli Laine and Stéphanie Pamies Sumner discuss about impacts of Pension Reforms in[Read More…]
