Source: http://totalbrainhealth.com/whats-older-got-to-do-with-it-thoughts-on-older-americans-month-2016?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-older-got-to-do-with-it-thoughts-on-older-americans-month-2016
This month marks Older Americans Month, a time set aside to highlight the “perennial contributions of older adults to our nation” (OAM 2016 Website). Yet to paraphrase the legendary words of that legendary older American Tina Turner, what’s “older” got to do with it?
Demographics show us that we live in an aging world. Here in the United States, the 65 plus sector is the fastest growing age group of our overall population. On a worldwide basis, the WHO reports that by 2050 there will be about 2 billion people over age 60, with more people on the planet over 60 than under 18. That is indeed, as Ken Dychtwald coined years ago, a “silver tsunami.”
But what exactly does it mean these days to BE “older?” Looking around at the boomers who are catching that “silver tsunami” wave, we can see that “older” isn’t all the gray hair, rocking chairs and slow decline of previous generations. Instead that aging …
Source: http://totalbrainhealth.com/whats-older-got-to-do-with-it-thoughts-on-older-americans-month-2016?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-older-got-to-do-with-it-thoughts-on-older-americans-month-2016
This month marks Older Americans Month, a time set aside to highlight the “perennial contributions of older adults to our nation” (OAM 2016 Website). Yet to paraphrase the legendary words of that legendary older American Tina Turner, what’s “older” got to do with it?
Demographics show us that we live in an aging world. Here in the United States, the 65 plus sector is the fastest growing age group of our overall population. On a worldwide basis, the WHO reports that by 2050 there will be about 2 billion people over age 60, with more people on the planet over 60 than under 18. That is indeed, as Ken Dychtwald coined years ago, a “silver tsunami.”
But what exactly does it mean these days to BE “older?” Looking around at the boomers who are catching that “silver tsunami” wave, we can see that “older” isn’t all the gray hair, rocking chairs and slow decline of previous generations. Instead that aging …
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