GCOA partnered with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to co-create Transformation Maps on the topic of aging. WEF’s new Transformation Maps help users to explore and make sense of the complex and interlinked forces that are transforming economies, industries, and global issues. The Transformation Maps allows users to visualize and understand more than 120 topics and the connections and…

This GCOA report highlights the impact bladder health can have on quality of life as one ages and stresses the need for greater awareness of and new, innovative treatment options for overactive bladder (OAB). OAB is an increasingly debilitating, yet often unrecognized and under-addressed condition of aging affecting 30 million Americans.

From 2015-2017, Nestlé Skin Health partnered with the International Council on Active Aging each September to lead an education and awareness campaign during Active Aging Week. Nestlé Skin Health develops and shares a set of fact sheets, videos, how-to guides, educational tools and quizzes to inform Active Aging Week participants about good practices to support…

In April 2017, GCOA launched the first ever Dementia Innovation Readiness Index, a comprehensive evaluation of innovation in dementia treatment, prevention, and care across G7 countries. The Index examines the current landscape in which actions to combat dementia are occurring in terms of the enablers of and barriers to innovation. By doing so across the…

Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD, the company’s global network of innovation hubs, developed an itch tracker, the first tool of its kind to objectively measure itch severity. The tracker, designed for use with the Apple Watch, can be used to track the effectiveness of itch treatment and is particularly useful for managing itch in those with Alzheimer’s…