6/26/2012 - Why Baby Boomers are the innovators of the future

Baby Boomers are starting companies at a faster pace than ever before, according to a March report by the Kauffman Foundation and younger workers lack the disposable income and job prospects they once had. This means we may be witnessing a passing of the innovation baton to members of the older generation. As older Americans begin to… Read more 6/26/2012 - Why Baby Boomers are the innovators of the future

6/25/2012 - Unafraid of Aging

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

6/25/2012 - Aging: A Collective Response

Published by the University of Texas Press with support from several foundations, and edited by Henry Cisneros, a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and two senior researchers from the Stanford Center on Longevity, “Independent for Life” gathers stellar contributors from a variety of fields. The authors research many aspects of aging, yes, but… Read more 6/25/2012 - Aging: A Collective Response

6/23/2012 - Share the Wealth

In 1959, over a third of those over age 65 were poor; today, only 9 percent are. Contrary to campaign rhetoric about old ladies on fixed incomes, many Social Security recipients are quite well-to-do: the median income of married couples between the ages of 65 and 69 is $61,000, and a quarter of these households bring in… Read more 6/23/2012 - Share the Wealth

6/22/2012 - Old vs. Young

Throughout the 1980s and ’90s, younger and older adults voted in largely similar ways, with a majority of each supporting the winner in every presidential election. Sometime around 2004, though, older voters began moving right, while younger voters shifted left. This year, polls suggest that Mitt Romney will win a landslide among the over-65 crowd and that President Obama will do… Read more 6/22/2012 - Old vs. Young

A Partnership on Financial Security

On July 1st, 2012, the Stanford Center on Longevity and Marsh & McLennan Companies announced a formal partnership to advance the dialogue and drive change around the way Americans approach financial security throughout life.

Preterm Birth and Adult Illness

Leaving the womb too early accounts for more than 1 million infant deaths each year, the latest data reveals, almost half of all newborn mortality worldwide. But it’s not just the toll on newborns...

6/18/2012 - Mapping Your End-of-Life Choices

Studies have shown that advance care planning reduces stress on patients, their families and health care providers. It also results in 30 percent fewer malpractice suits, greater patient and family satisfaction, and a lower incidence of depression, drinking problems and other signs of complicated grief among survivors. Read the full article at The New York… Read more 6/18/2012 - Mapping Your End-of-Life Choices

6/17/2012 - Vitamin D plus calcium tied to longer life

Older people who take vitamin D and calcium supplements may live a bit longer than their peers, according to an international review of several studies covering more than 70,000 people. Read the full article at Reuters.

6/15/2012 - U.S. targets financial abuse of elderly

Americans over 60 lost at least $2.9 billion in 2010 to financial exploitation, a study finds. This 12% rise over two years is leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to begin looking into the types of scams affecting older consumers. Read the full article at the Los Angeles Times.