The things that make life fun, and more than just getting by, relating to better quality life as grow older.
I noticed that many of the topics from our last meetup were framed as solutions or ideas for solutions — not as topics or areas on which we might want to collaborate as a group. I thought it would be useful to discuss the differences between topics and solutions, and share my thoughts on what we might tackle next as a group.
We wanted to get a better understanding of what bothers seniors about aging, and what they worry about. So, we are conducting 200 interviews to find out. This article shares some of what we have learned thus far from our interviews, in support of our mission to improve the quality of life of all of us as we age.
We are hoping you will contribute your ideas for “Topics” that our co-creation group should work on together. Here is what we have so far. News release edited 4/4/14: We have now moved on in our work to defining more precise individual problems. You are very welcome to contribute a problem (related to getting older) … Read more
Dr. Richard Caro will be talking on the topic of “Seniors: co-creating the future of aging”, at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, on Wed. Feb 5, 2014.
Aging in Place is a widely popular concept. Seniors want it. Economists think it has to happen if we are not all to go broke. And there is lots of technology being developed that may help. But, picking the right business model is a thorny issue.
Food for thought. What will life be like when a third of the population in a country is over 60? We definitely need ways for “80 to become the new 60”.
The (80 yr old) mother of a friend of mine lived alone, fell in the shower, broke her hip, and lay there for 5 hours before someone found her. It was a disaster for her health.
There are really two big problems here, and one of them at least is amenable to a technical solution.
Many who are standing at the brink of change in later life – though still active, social, and financially secure -survey the changes in lifestyle that could mitigate the ravages of older age and become frozen and unable to make a decision, thinking that taking action makes sense, but “I’m not ready yet.”
My favorite question when I meet someone with an idea for a new venture is: “what problem are we trying to solve?”. Here is one that is really worthwhile: Delaying functional decline as we age!
The world’s growing elderly population is starting to get a lot of attention. As usual, there are several ways to look at this looming gray tsunami. The demographics are typically framed as “a challenge”. I prefer to think of this as an opportunity.