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8/20/2015 - Seniors gear up for the sharing economy

More Americans than ever intend to keep working past traditional retirement age – whether it’s just to keep busy or because they need to financially – and entrepreneurship is becoming a more common alternative to full time jobs. Read the full article at Reuters.

8/18/2015 - Six things to know about successful aging

The good news: through modern technology and improved living conditions we’re living longer. In the mid-1800s, life expectancy was in the mid-thirties. By 1900, we made it to 47. Today, we’re averaging 79 years and counting. The challenge: we haven’t updated the way we think about our working careers and retirement to correspond. Read the… Read more 8/18/2015 - Six things to know about successful aging

8/18/2015 - How Living to 100 Changes Our Education, Work and Retirement

100-year lives may soon become routine. But why, asks the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, does everyone think of longer lives as something tacked on at the end? Chip Castille explains. Read the full article at BlackRock.

8/14/2016 - Healthy Aging: Preventing Isolation

Social connection is key for senior well-being. Read the full article at U.S. News and World Report.

8/14/2015 - Let Older Americans Keep Working

EVERY day, 10,000 baby boomers — Americans born from 1946 to 1964 — leave the work force. Most of them have not saved enough for retirement; at least one-fifth have basically no retirement savings. Our economy has a shortage of skilled workers. Keeping older Americans on the job therefore benefits everyone: It is crucial to… Read more 8/14/2015 - Let Older Americans Keep Working

8/12/2015 - Japan’s Gray-Haired Pacifism

As Japan’s population shrinks, it is also aging. Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and so a very high proportion of elderly people. Japanese over the age of 65 account for more than 26 percent of the total population today, and are expected to account for nearly 40 percent by… Read more 8/12/2015 - Japan’s Gray-Haired Pacifism

8/11/2015 - Does Anyone Care if “Brain Games” Actually Work?

Debates about brain games’ efficacy have the cognitive fitness industry paying more attention to science — and what it means for business. Read the full article at Fortune.

8/11/2015 - 2015-16 Center on Longevity Design Challenge: Open Call for Submissions

Over $50,000 in prizes, mentorship & sponsored travel to Silicon Valley will be awarded to university students who design new products, tools & services for living longer, fuller lives. Read more >

8/10/2015 - FDA approves tool for diagnosing dementia in a doctor’s office

A small company started by a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester has moved closer to providing doctors with what he says is a simple, computer-based tool to help detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Read the full article at The Washington Post.

8/10/2015 - Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health?

The market for “brain fitness” games is worth about $1 billion and is expected to grow to $6 billion in the next five years. Game makers appeal to both the young and the older with the common claim that if you exercise your memory, you’ll be able to think faster and be less forgetful. The… Read more 8/10/2015 - Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health?