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The modern elder: A revolutionary and inclusive approach to aging by Colin Milner-7107

The modern elder: A revolutionary and inclusive approach to aging by Colin Milner

One of the most interesting parts of my role as founder and CEO of the International Council on Active Aging is meeting remarkable thought leaders. One of these people is industry icon Dr. Ken Dychtwald. Ken is someone who, when he speaks, "everybody listens." So when he called to suggest that I interview New York Times best-selling author Chip Conley, I did. ... Ken felt Conley's latest book, yet to be released at that time-Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder-was destined to transform the conversation on aging.

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Ken Dychtwald: How the Age Wave pathfinder inspired a new view of aging by Colin Milner-6739

Ken Dychtwald: How the Age Wave pathfinder inspired a new view of aging by Colin Milner

A singular figure in the aging sphere, Ken Dychtwald, PhD, has seemingly done it all. This leading-edge Boomer has spent more than four decades focused on older adults and their potential, emerging as an early visionary on an aging world. Dychtwald, a psychologist and gerontologist, is today widely viewed as North America's most original thinker about the social, economic, healthcare, marketing and workforce implications of the age wave-a term he coined in the 1980s. He is also a bestselling author of 16 books .... Only the fourth recipient of the ICAA INSPIRE Award, Dychtwald is being honored "for his exceptional and lasting contributions to the [active-aging] industry and for his efforts to make a difference in the lives of older adults globally." In this wide-ranging interview , he shares his remarkable journey and, among other things, how he came to focus on older adults and their potential to transform their lives-and society-early in his career.

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Disrupting the industry: Paul Irving calls on older-adult communities to embrace change by Marilynn Larkin, MA-6397

Disrupting the industry: Paul Irving calls on older-adult communities to embrace change by Marilynn Larkin, MA

Paul Irving is convinced that older-adult communities must undergo major changes to attract younger customers and healthy, vital older adults from ages 55 and up. "A major challenge to the industry is an emerging inclination not to move into these communities unless it's absolutely necessary," says Irving, who chairs the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging. In this interview for the Journal on Active Aging, Irving talks about industry challenges that must be addressed, and how to disrupt the perceptions that have mostly characterized older-adult communities up to now.

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The expectations gap: A new opportunity and a new challenge by Colin Milner-5794

The expectations gap: A new opportunity and a new challenge by Colin Milner

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab, the prospect of "Life Tomorrow" engages a multidisciplinary research team. "The MIT AgeLab focuses not on aging"- as might be expected - "but on the future of living," according to a video overview. Director Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD, founded the research program "to invent new ideas and creatively translate technologies into practical solutions that improve people's health and enable them to 'do things' throughout the life span." Of equal importance "is the belief that innovations in how products are designed, services are delivered, or policies are implemented are (critical) to our quality of life tomorrow."

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Shawn Achor: Happiness is key to health, wellness and success by Marilynn Larkin, MA-5675

Shawn Achor: Happiness is key to health, wellness and success by Marilynn Larkin, MA

Before getting into the field of positive psychology, Shawn Achor studied Christian and Buddhist ethics while working towards a master’s degree at Harvard Divinity School, and there he discovered “how our beliefs change our actions in the world,” he recently told the Journal on Active Aging. In this interview, Achor explains how by becoming more positive in the present, “your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, and your energy levels rise, enabling you to perform better in virtually everything you do.” He also delves into the importance of social connection, the impact of mindset on aging, and the need for older-adult wellness programs to be more positive.

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Dr. Linda Fried illuminates aging research by Marilynn Larkin, MA-5638

Dr. Linda Fried illuminates aging research by Marilynn Larkin, MA

"We’ve added 30 years to human life expectancy [over the past century], in part through intentional human investment, including through science," says geriatrician and epidemiologist Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at New York’s Columbia University. "We’ve also demonstrated that many of our expectations about those 30 years, such as ‘They’ll be a disaster,’ don’t have to be true." ... Fried states, "The purpose of research and science is to have a formal process to pose the big questions that could lead to a better future--questions that matter, but to which we don’t know the answers."

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