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DEMOGRAPHICS

  NEWS [showposts category=”11″ order=”DESC” num=”5″]View archive >> Center Team: Jonathan Streeter The mission of the Demographics Program is to provide analytical support to the Center’s three divisions and initiate collaborative research and public discourse on the challenges of global and regional population aging. The research and analysis, directed by Senior Research Scholar Adele Hayutin,… Read more DEMOGRAPHICS

MISSION

The mission of the Stanford Center on Longevity is to redesign long life. The Center studies the nature and development of the human life span, looking for innovative ways to use science and technology to solve the problems of people over 50 in order to improve the well-being of people of all ages. Learn more… Read more MISSION

MIND

“How well people fare as they age is...affected by education, intellectual engagement, social networking, and planning - all things we can control as we envision our future.” - Laura L. Carstensen, A Long Bright Future

MOBILITY

“How can we use science and technology to optimize human functioning so that we can live in good health for nine or ten decades? This will require an entirely new perspective[...]” - Laura L. Carstensen, A Long Bright Future

FINANCIAL SECURITY

"With a little creativity, we could craft work lives that are more satisfying and far less conflicted than the ones we have today. Rather than hold on tightly to the way things are, or just nibble around the edges of change, let’s redesign work. For once, time is on our side." - Laura L. Carstensen, A Long Bright Future

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8/15/2012 - For Healthy Aging, a Late Act in the Footlights

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8/23/2012 - John Shoven and Victor Fuchs on Healthcare

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8/13/2012 - Stanford researchers investigate the emotional side of autism

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