Global Coalition On There’s an upcoming event focused on what’s been called the Silver Economy.
For more on that and other international stories coming up this week, The Show was joined by BBC’s Rich Preston.
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Latest Developments
We keep our members and partners in touch with the most recent updates and opinions in the worldwide dialogue on population longevity and related issues.
France Has Not Invested Enough to Prepare for the Threat Posed by Alzheimer’s Disease
The aging of France all but guarantees a continuous rise in diseases that target the elderly. And perhaps the most devastating is Alzheimer’s – a disease that robs people of their memories, their independence, and their right to age with dignity.
The big question is: Is France taking the actions needed to prepare for the looming Alzheimer’s pandemic?
20 May 2022
Global Coalition on Aging Joins 2022 Celebration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) Dedicated to “Digital Technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing”
For the first time in its history, the United Nations (UN) World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) marks the global importance of aging as the defining demographic shift of the 21st century.
16 May 2022
Women, Work, Wellness, and That Aging Thing…
The OECD Forum’s virtual event Women at The Frontline of the Recovery will presciently focus attention among policymakers and the public stakeholders alike on the unique relationship between the age demographic mega-trend and the essential policies needed for OECD economies to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
29 Mar 2022
Headlines of the Future Podcast: Decoding Healthy Aging
How can advancements in science and medicine make it possible for individuals to enjoy greater health and activity in their later years? For health leaders and organizations such as the Global Coalition on Aging, ensuring individuals can truly shine in their "Golden Years" is a matter of revisiting education and communication strategies, advancing digital health technologies and expanding access to healthcare innovation.
24 Mar 2022
Longer Lifespans Require Secure Financial Futures
As many as half of 5-year-olds in the United States can now expect to live to 100, a population that is projected to swell in the decades ahead. Longer lifespans don’t guarantee a financially secure later life, however. If anything, in the absence of significant planning, extreme longevity may make financial security harder to attain.
07 Mar 2022
New AMR Paper Explains Our Life-or-Death Battle with Superbugs and What We Need to Do to Win
The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) today released a startling new paper, Wonder Drugs vs. Superbugs: The 21st Century Battle to Save 10 Million Lives a Year, which clearly lays out the global threat posed by rising drug resistance, widely known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR, and accompanying lack of effective new drugs.
17 Feb 2022
Financial Times Letter to the Editor
The call by Messrs Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron for a new growth strategy under France’s EU presidency should be guided by three principles aligned with their point about “demographic evolutions changing the structure of our societies” (Opinion, December 24).
05 Jan 2022
To Pay for Longer, Later Retirements, Consult a ‘Financial Gerontologist’
When Cynthia Hutchins started her career as a financial planner in the 1980s, the concept of “retirement” was simple and straightforward. Most of her clients envisioned a few years of leisure after their full-time careers ended, with a pension, Social Security and perhaps a bit of savings providing steady support.
23 Dec 2021
Health Equity and Innovation Are at Risk for All of Us
The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines illustrates what’s possible when federal policy fosters innovation with a real public-private partnership, especially for the health challenges facing America’s more than 54 million older adults. Yet, a number of drug-pricing policy proposals now jeopardize this very model, threatening to limit access to prescription drugs, compromise health equity and slow progress on urgently needed new treatments for age-related chronic conditions.
24 Nov 2021