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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
Recently released Census data showed that, for the first time ever, seniors now outnumber children in Canada. These changing demographics present a unique challenge to the sustainability of the Canadian health care system that will have pressing implications for public spending, the labour market, and housing and institutional infrastructure. In 2016, Canada’s total health expenditures reached an estimated $228 billion—representing more[Read More…]
The fabric of the world today, almost two decades into the 21st century, is profoundly different than ever seen before. With an almost frenetic pace of change and technological advancement, an aging society and the massive urbanization movement, many of the structures of society have not evolved in-step and no longer adequately serve its needs. By Peter R. Nicholson, Vice President, Business[Read More…]
Due to changes in society, Assistive Technology is a growing fast. It can help overcome the problems of an aging society. As the populations in first world countries are getting older and older, aging and the limitations it causes are becoming problems more common harder to ignore. Demographic change is not simply some abstract numbers in a study, but becoming the[Read More…]
A growing share of homebuyers are millennials, and more of them are purchasing single-family homes outside of urban areas, according to the 2016 National Association of Realtors® Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, which evaluates the generational differences1 of recent home buyers and sellers. The survey additionally found that although student loan debt is more prevalent among millennial buyers,[Read More…]
Each day, 10,000 Americans turn 65. It’s time to disrupt the way we think about aging, and AARP’s CEO Jo Ann Jenkins is leading the charge. From Baby Boomers to Generation Y, the time to revise our outlook on longterm health, wealth and self is now. Jo Ann Jenkins is a nationally recognized leader and dynamic change agent with a 25-year[Read More…]
China boasts the most spectacular sustained economic growth in world history. But there is a fly in the ointment. It also has the world’s largest elderly population. As a consequence of its one-child policy, its share of the population aged 60 and over will spike alarmingly from 12% in 2010 to 34% in 2050, creating a tremendous socioeconomic burden for[Read More…]
