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Embracing the opportunities and realities of an aging global population by Colin Milner-10468

Embracing the opportunities and realities of an aging global population by Colin Milner

Global populations will continue to age rapidly, transforming societies and economies in coming decades. While this shift brings complex challenges, demographic futurist Bradley Schurman, author of The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny, argues it presents vast opportunities if the proper strategies are implemented.

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Autonomy and connection: Empowering the best life possible in aged care services by Beth Witrogen, MJ-10456

Autonomy and connection: Empowering the best life possible in aged care services by Beth Witrogen, MJ

Most disruptions in senior living today are generated by new entrants to the industry. However, Enabling Care at Home (ECH) is an example of how one established aged care operator in Australia foresaw the changing landscape and pioneered a visionary model integrating community and autonomy.

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Disaster preparedness: Hurricane Ian exposes the need for new strategies by Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News-9633

Disaster preparedness: Hurricane Ian exposes the need for new strategies by Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News

All kinds of natural disasters--hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, dangerous heat waves--pose substantial risks to the older population. Yet, too few older adults prepare for these events in advance, and efforts to encourage them to do so have been largely unsuccessful. The most recent horrific example was Hurricane Ian. The recent storm's deadly impact on community-dwelling older adults reaffirms the difficulties many face in preparing for disasters. Disaster response experts call for fresh approaches and stronger community networks to address these challenges.

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Transforming societies for healthier, engaged aging-9224

Transforming societies for healthier, engaged aging

How do we ensure that aging populations around the globe will thrive? A new report calls for societal transformation—plus there’s a role for everyone to play.

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A city of "good and long life" by Julie King, MS

As the global population ages and life expectancies increase, cities around the world are facing the necessity of adapting their physical and social infrastructure and healthcare systems accordingly. Arnsberg, a city of 75,000 in western Germany, had the keen foresight more than 30 years ago to seek to deliberately and creatively enhance the lives of older adults. Its Department of Future Aging (DFA) came out of these beginnings, giving a focus and momentum to efforts. Today, Arnsberg serves as an insightful forerunner and role model for other cities.

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Embracing nature, parks and outdoor spaces to age well: COVID-19 and beyond by Pazit Levinger, PhD, and Keith Hill, PhD-8580

Embracing nature, parks and outdoor spaces to age well: COVID-19 and beyond by Pazit Levinger, PhD, and Keith Hill, PhD

As the United Nation's Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) commences, active-aging advocates may look back on 2020 as a year that illuminated the real-world importance of healthy aging. Older people have been adversely impacted by the current coronavirus pandemic, with a high proportion of deaths reported in those ages 65 and over. A new study from Kaiser Permanente, a California-based integrated healthcare system, suggests that physical activity levels are a significant factor in COVID-19 outcomes. Physical activity is a key lifestyle factor that positively impacts health and well-being across the life span, including in older age. Further, being physically active in the outdoors offers mental, physical and social health benefits for all age groups. In light of the pandemic, being outdoors also offers a safer option to engage in physical activity due to the lower transmission risk for the virus. Parks and outdoor leisure spaces are often designed...with little focus on the older demographic. It is timely to make sure the needs of older people are catered for in any future park refurbishments or new outdoor design. Seniors centers, retirement communities and other organizations that serve this population may also increase use of their outdoor spaces for activity through improvements.

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