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Save the Date On October 14, 2021, the Age-Friendly Institute will mark the 15th year of the Certified Age Friendly Employer (CAFE) Program with a special convening of national policy makers, researchers from academia and …
The Age-Friendly Institute’s second global conference will take place at the Boston Seaport Hotel in May, 2022 and will explore ways to revolutionize aging by fueling innovation. We are assembling an internationally-positioned program with 300+ expected …
Research suggests that people who continue to work are less likely to experience social isolation. “….working longer could not only help cover the cost of long-term care but also reduce the risk that you’ll need …
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On March 10, 2021, 40+ recognized leaders who are working to advance age-friendly initiatives in public health, health systems, community, academia and employment gathered for the second of three virtual working sessions to discuss shared …
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For the next piece in this series, we analyzed the results of our survey on age-friendly nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care options. Like the other pieces, all of the bullet-points are …
To wrap up this series, we sum up your answers to the one question asked most widely on this site: what makes a particular town or city age-friendly? We hope this piece helps readers assess and review …
This piece is part of a longer, crowd-sourced series about what “age-friendly” means and looks like in different contexts. This time, we asked respondents: what would make an employer age-friendly, from their perspective? Below is a synthesis of the …
Imagine the ideal university experience for students over age 50. What would it be like? When we asked you, here are some of the answers you gave. We organized them by theme, and did not …
We’re on a mission to answer this question—and ultimately, to use the answer to make the world an age-friendlier place. To start, we surveyed 1,719 older adults, asking the question: “In your mind, what would …
On December 16, 2020, 40 recognized leaders who are working to advance age-friendly initiatives in public health, health systems, community, academia and employment gathered in the first of three virtual working sessions sponsored by the …
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