On January 7, Surya Kolluri, Head of the TIAA Institute, a GCOA member company, testified to before the House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (“HELP”) hearing on “Modernizing Retirement Policy for Today’s Workforce.” Mr. Kolluri highlighted to the committee the urgent need to modernize U.S. retirement policy to…

GCOA Executive Director Melissa Gong Mitchell was featured in a webinar with the Silver Marketing Association addressing the unique preferences and needs of older travelers and how to capture the benefits of the silver economy in the travel sector. The expert speakers showcased three ground-breaking pieces of original research which decode the 50+ travel market….

How companies are adapting to aging populations around the world with new products, new personnel policies and new marketing tactics.      On the one hand, the declining birthrate and the shrinking population of working age people in many countries present challenges to finding sufficient manpower to staff factories and offices to meet existing demand. Companies…

People know about the emotional and physical toll on family caregivers, but they often overlook the financial impact.

The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) and the Global Heart Hub have released a global position paper “Heart Valve Disease: Harnessing Innovation to Save Lives, Mitigate Costs, and Advance the Healthy Aging Agenda.” The report builds upon on a December 2022 GCOA-GHH roundtable of cross-sector experts and examines how behavior and policy change can best address heart valve disease in our 21st century.