The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2007 presented its Age-Friendly Cities Guide, now a global movement - an Age-Friendly World. It is primarily about developing strategies to incorporate the life needs of an older population within the community.
In future, if input beyond current older populations is to be encouraged, a more appropriate term is Age Inclusive. The evolution of community is every generation’s project.
Aging demographics have varying influences on social structures and business markets around the world. Opportunity or challenge, we face a future where the potential for society, with increased life expectancy, is greater than at any time in human history.
Longevity in this context becomes an inter-generational matter. We all have a vested interest in shaping changes to social policy related to such matters as pension reform, health care, home care & life-long learning.
In the expansive world of a Longevity Economy, many business sectors are marketing specific products and services largely identifiable to segments of a diverse older adult population.
Gerontechnology is one of the most significant areas of work where so much product research & development is on fast forward. This is a new horizon where technology is at an intersection with aging and longevity to help older adults stay engaged and live healthier lives.
Lynda Gratton has done it again! Her latest book “The 100-Year Life” is a well-constructed narrative that in a major way re-frames the concept of career within the context of an age of longevity. So much of what she and co-author Andrew Scott have pulled together here, serves to underline my own developed thinking as
Starting another hot summer with the 5th season of “Summer Shorts” – snappy blog musings, stories, info-bytes or fly on the wall observations on the subject of longevity and matters related to the 21st century shift in aging demographics. _______________________________ Last week Mr. Future Shock, Alvin Toffler died at age 87. Future Shock was a
Over the years as I have coached or mentored clients on their entrepreneurial options, the solopreneurs who have chosen to structure themselves as a sole proprietor, very often forgot to consider that they needed to figure in to their financials & cash flow management, the allowance for payment into the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). This
Last November in my blog post Canadian Collaborations for an Aging World, I focused on the newly announced Centre of Excellence for Innovation in Aging. This integrated model is an example that brings together research, learning and actual living spaces for elders in a variety of options depending on their required needs. One of the
Last week I was researching for a number of presentations, meetings and blog posts, contemplating the big picture of the social transformation we are experiencing, concerning aging demographics in a longevity society, within the context of other global economic and political issues. If we are going to get somewhere by improving social conditions for people
Toronto based National Institute on Ageing (NIA) announced last week, the new dates for their Re-Thinking Ageing Conference 2016 – Nov.24 & 25. Produced in Canada in partnership with the Ontario Gerontology Association and the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, the conference ties in under the Four Pillars Theme of the National