Category: Center

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3/14/2013 - Living Longer Than Ever: Is That a Good Thing?

by on March 14, 2013 3:20 pm
The good news: We’re living longer than ever. The bad news: We’re living longer than ever. In an oversimplified way, that was the message from Laura Carstensen, director of Stanford University’s Center on Longevity, in her remarks to this year’s Aging in America conference here, sponsored by the American Society on Aging. Carstensen, a well-known… Read more 3/14/2013 - Living Longer Than Ever: Is That a Good Thing?
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3/6/2013 - A Word To The Wise

by on March 6, 2013 9:30 pm
In this two-part series, Marilyn Powell talks to psychologists, sociologists, neuroscientists – and the wise that dwell among us – about a very old topic. What they have discovered about the nature of wisdom and being wise will enlighten and surprise you. Among the participants was Center on Longevity Founding Director Laura Carstensen. Listen to… Read more 3/6/2013 - A Word To The Wise
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2/18/2013 - Dream big, act now: Six secrets of retirement

by on February 18, 2013 8:53 pm
This story is part of Money magazine’s retirement special Dream big, act now: Six secrets of retirement, which lays out the key drivers of retirement happiness — including your investments, health, career, family, midlife changes and debt — and what you can do about them. Healthy Living: Key to a Happy Retirement “DNA isn’t your… Read more 2/18/2013 - Dream big, act now: Six secrets of retirement

12/6/2012 - Center on Longevity Director Laura Carstensen Makes AARP's "The Influentials: 50 Over 50" List

by on December 7, 2012 6:27 pm
Center on Longevity Founding Director Laura Carstensen was listed in AARP’s “The Influentials: 50 Over 50″ List. Among those listed are U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, political satirist and talk show host Jon Stewart and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen. “On Wall Street, in Washington and beyond, these folks have a huge impact on our… Read more 12/6/2012 - Center on Longevity Director Laura Carstensen Makes AARP's "The Influentials: 50 Over 50" List
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7/13/2012 - Friends of a Certain Age

by on July 13, 2012 6:40 pm
In studies of peer groups, Laura L. Carstensen, a psychology professor who is the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity in California, observed that people tended to interact with fewer people as they moved toward midlife, but that they grew closer to the friends they already had. Read the full article at The New… Read more 7/13/2012 - Friends of a Certain Age

6/25/2012 - Unafraid of Aging

by on June 25, 2012 2:49 pm
The signal public health achievement of the 20th century was the increase of the human life span. Now, as that achievement helps raise the proportion of the aged around the world, what once seemed an unalloyed blessing is too often regarded as a burden — a financial burden, a health care burden, even a social… Read more 6/25/2012 - Unafraid of Aging

6/4/2012 - It's time to rethink retirement

by on June 4, 2012 10:05 am
When Social Security was created in 1937, the average American lived to age 60. Since then, medical advances have added decades to life expectancy. Most 55-year-olds today will see their 82nd birthday. Problem is, we haven’t adjusted the way we work, the way we save, or the structure of our public programs to support these… Read more 6/4/2012 - It's time to rethink retirement
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4/10/2012 - Why Learning Leads to Happiness

by on April 10, 2012 3:27 pm
Your mind may be the closest thing to the Holy Grail of longevity and happiness. Education has been widely documented by researchers as the single variable tied most directly to improved health and longevity. And when people are intensely engaged in doing and learning new things, their well-being and happiness can blossom. Read the full… Read more 4/10/2012 - Why Learning Leads to Happiness
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3/20/2012 - Aging Myths: 5 Big Misconceptions About Growing Older

by on March 20, 2012 8:37 am
The longevity revolution is well underway, and everything we’ve thought about aging is up for grabs as we live and work longer than any other generation in human history. Many great minds are committed to redefining aging and retirement models that embrace this new reality. One of them is Laura Carstensen. Carstensen has been on the… Read more 3/20/2012 - Aging Myths: 5 Big Misconceptions About Growing Older
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3/19/2012 - It's Enough To Make A Unicorn Blush: Our Problem With Talking About Sex

by on March 19, 2012 8:45 am
“Not long ago I wrote a blog called “Sex, Love, and Unicorns,” describing the ambivalence I was encountering when I talked about sex among us older folk. Everyone seemed to be embarrassed by the topic. When I called my friend Laura Carstensen, who runs the Stanford Center on Longevity, she was intrigued. The thing is, she mused, sex… Read more 3/19/2012 - It's Enough To Make A Unicorn Blush: Our Problem With Talking About Sex