An August 2021 report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, Living in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Health, Finances, and Retirement Prospects of Four Generations, examines the experiences four generations – Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers – and the impacts of the pandemic on their health, employment, financial well-being, and their ability to save…

The recommended actions, presented in the study as part of a crucial road map to build a professional global caregiving workforce, include: Change the perception of the caregiving profession – champion campaigns that transform mindsets about caregiving, from a low-skilled job of last resort to a valued, professional career of the future. Bolster training and…

The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) released  Employers’ Role in the COVID-19 Environment: Winning in the Vastly Changed World of Work. It highlights the unique convergence between the megatrend of aging and the COVID-19 pandemic in the workplace and offers insights to inform employers’ public health and workforce strategies at this intersection.  Chief among the report’s…

Throughout 2020 and beyond, aging has been at top of the agenda for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). GCOA has worked with the OECD on aging for many years. Together, GCOA and OECD have jointly organized several expert consultations and workshops examining a range of critical topics through the aging lens: Alzheimer’s…

In September 2020, GCOA gathered a unique group of business, government, non-profit and academic leaders to discuss “Linking Long Lives, Workplace Benefits and the Silver Economy.” The symposium focused on three overarching and overlapping themes: financial wellness, elder caregiving, and workplace/workforce change. The goals of the symposium were to (1) highlight innovative ideas and demonstrate leadership on the topics of…