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Global Aging, Technology & Innovation
Data dense and seemingly dry, demographic change and transportation are two topics that by themselves do not readily grab the attention of the public. Yet, these are two inter-related factors that both reflect and reinforce lifestyles, consumer patterns, future retail, real estate and mobility ...
I had the pleasure to participate in the AARP-sponsoredAtlantic Magazine Forum "What's Next? How Technology will Revolutionizethe Boomer Generation" in Washington, DC at the infamous yet iconicWatergate office building. Alexis Madrigal, Senior Editor of TheAtlantic.comformerly of Wired ...
MIT News Office's Peter Dizikes came by the AgeLab to discuss our research on older drivers and mobility. He posed three questions to me addressing: Source: Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office What are the principle safety issues surrounding older driver safety, What is the potential of new ...
The convergence of technology and aging continues toreceive prominent attention from researchers in medicine, engineering andgerontology. The UCLA Center on Aging held its third annual Technology & Aging Conference"Science Changing Lives" on October 29, 2010 at the Skirball CulturalCenter in Los ...
My commentary onthe transportation needs of an aging America (How to Avoid a Surge of Shut-Ins)appeared October 20, 2010 in the New York Times Opinion section Room for Debate. I argue thatthe convergence of a more active, more numerous, and more demanding olderpopulation with a national ...
Earlier this month Bank of America Merrill Lynch produced a webcast on “Health Care in Retirement”. Thewebcast was part of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Help2Retire webcast series.I was pleased to be invited by Merrill Lynch to participate with a great panelof discussants. View webcast (click ...
According to the American Association of Retirement Communities, nearly 15,000 baby boomers retire every day – and visit and selecta community to live – an extraordinary number by any estimate. In a previousarticle, Should I Stay or Should I Go, factors that go into the decision toage-in-place or ...
“…Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble An if I stay there will be double…” The Clash (1982) Lyrics by Mick Jones & John Mellor It’s 1982. English punk rock band The Clash,release (on a 7” single cassette tape) – “Should I ...
A baby boomer turns 64 nearly one every seven seconds. Perennially youthful, butno longer young the nation’s largest generation is now well into middle age andbeyond. Born between 1946 and 1964 the nearly 77 million boomers are more thanthe nation’s largest cohort they are also its loudest. For ...
Too many designers, marketers and concerned observers have declared universal design to be the universal answer to meet the new needs of the growing numbers of older baby boomer consumers. While not altogether incorrect, they are woefully incomplete in their hopes and claims. Universal design ...
It's that time of year again. It’s summer time and olderdrivers are in the news. Perennially trapped between humor and horror thedebate on older drivers continues in every state house, newspaper, radio talk showand television newscast. One accident translates into a multitude oflegislative ...
The future of financial services will be more than managing money. The longevity gains of the last century present a financial risk that previous generations rarely encountered -- a lifespan that outlives the wealthspan. In this segment, of the five-part audiocast on Disruptive Demographics ...
Family caregiving is a privatejob of love and work. Recently it has been getting public agenda status from anunexpected industry – financial services. While caregiving is a well studiedtopic among the health and care professions as well as a strategic target ofthe information communications ...
Product development and launch was easier when the consumer was young enough to see everything as new and novel. While admittedly fast moving and hard to keep, the ‘tween through twenty-something’ market is a relative tabla rasa when introducing new technology and design. Easier does not mean ...
Who is online? As thefigure shows, the majority of adults from 18 to 50 are living some form of digitallife. Even older adults 65 and older are growing in numbers with an estimated38% online. Now that they are online– what are they doing there? A recent Forrester study indicated that ...