‘It’s Never too Late’: Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives Older Women
For some, starting a business later in life is a matter of financial necessity. …women 65 and older are more likely to do so because they’ve lost a job or need more income. More than 28% of those surveyed said they became entrepreneurs because they had to.
- Age bias/ageism
- Diversity and Aging
- Encore careers
- Engagement in later life
- Older workers
- Successful/Productive aging
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/2NchrQp
January 15, 2021
Virtual 2021 Friedman Lecture & Awards
Dr. Coughlin’s keynote address — Writing a New Story for Old Age in Today’s Longevity Economy — will provide an overview and discussion of opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurship and innovation for an aging society.
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/2WYrWbq
December 30, 2020
Census Bureau Releases Interactive Story Map on Population Aging Trends
The Story Maps tool identifies and displays data on the aging population to help inform demography research and policy to ensure that governments and communities are prepared to meet the opportunities and challenges of an aging population.
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/2WsB2Nq
December 19, 2020
Is the 60-Year Curriculum the Future of Learning?
Why some say: Goodbye, lifelong learning and hello, “long life learning”
- Age bias/ageism
- COVID-19
- Diversity and Aging
- Employer Policies & HR Management
- Encore careers
- Engagement in later life
- Job quality for older adults
- Older workers
- Successful/Productive aging
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/2Kj503C
December 13, 2020
Opinion: What is the Secret to Aging Well?
Intergenerational connection could be a defining feature of American resilience.
- Aging and Retirement
- COVID-19
- Diversity and Aging
- Engagement in later life
- Older workers
- Successful/Productive aging
Resource URL: https://on.mktw.net/33W9MuO
December 9, 2020
Psychology’s Understanding of the Challenges Related to the COVID-19 Global Pandemic in the United States
The goal of this policy statement is to identify challenges that the nation is facing or will face relative to the pandemic and associated crises for which psychological science and expertise can be applied through the adoption of a population health approach at multiple levels with attention to equity concerns
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/2VVBrrx
Understanding Unequal Ageing: Towards a Synthesis of Intersectionality and Life Course Analyses
In this paper, we aim to illustrate how intersectionality might be synthesised with a life course perspective to deliver novel insights into unequal ageing, especially with respect to health.
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/2L9MpaI
December 4, 2020
Intersectionality and the Life Course
It is axiomatic that the life course perspective is fundamental to understanding unequal ageing.
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/2VlhjP6
November 30, 2020
Longevity Project 2020 Century Summit
The Century Summit will bring together leaders in business, media, policy and research to discuss the implications of the 100-year life.
Resource URL: https://bit.ly/36nywhp
Your Future in Pieces –The Brutal Truth: How Ageism and Income Inequality are Destroying America
An account of the current problems facing the future of the American workforce
- Age bias/ageism
- Diversity and Aging
- Employer Policies & HR Management
- Job quality for older adults
- Older workers
- Successful/Productive aging
Resource URL: https://www.ageandwage.com/books/
November 23, 2020