Century Lives

Stanford Center on Longevity
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Do rules created when most people lived only to 50 or 60 still make sense when more and more people live to 100? Longer lives are among the most remarkable achievements in all of human history — and the greatest challenge of the 21st century. How can we ensure that our lives are not just longer, but healthy and rewarding as well? From the Stanford Century on Longevity, Century Lives is here to start the conversation. Join us as we venture into the world of education, work, healthcare, housing, and more to explore how our future as a population of centenarians has already begun.

  1. Prevention

    6월 24일

    Prevention

    We’re an aging nation. By 2050, for the first time ever, Americans over age 60 will outnumber those aged 10 to 24. Older adults increasingly prefer aging in place, so the need for technologies that support activities of daily living, mobility, and social connection is growing.  In Century Lives: The AgeTech Revolution, we travel to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where we and 150,000 of our closest friends scope out the technologies that claim they will improve our lives as we grow older. We ask: What do we want our final quarter of life to look like? And can the AgeTech industry actually improve the ways we live our longer lives? The population of older patients is growing. Within a decade, there will not be enough providers to care for them. So what if older adults can monitor their own health, and actually prevent disease before treatment is needed? In this episode, we explore digital health innovations at CES — and learn that the future of disease prevention technologies has a lot more in store than step counters and smart watches.

    23분
  2. Helping Hands & Hard Drives

    6월 10일

    Helping Hands & Hard Drives

    There is a caregiving crisis in America. We simply don’t have enough caregivers to support the number of older adults who need help because of a chronic, disabling, or serious health condition. Most of that work is unrecognized and unpaid. And the situation is only getting worse as the population ages. Many experts argue that only technology can save us, with devices that can carry out caregiving tasks formerly done by humans. In this episode, we tour the aisles of The Consumer Electronics Show with Davis Park, Vice President of Transformation at a non-profit called Front Porch, to find out whether the tech cavalry is indeed on the way. His job is to evaluate and implement emerging technologies that can improve quality of life at the 20 Front Porch retirement communities in California and Florida.

    31분
  3. Your Brain on Tech

    5월 27일

    Your Brain on Tech

    We’re an aging nation. By 2050, for the first time ever, Americans over age 60 will outnumber those aged 10 to 24. Older adults increasingly prefer aging in place, so the need for technologies that support activities of daily living, mobility, and social connection is growing.  In Century Lives: The AgeTech Revolution, we travel to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where we and 150,000 of our closest friends scope out the technologies that claim they will improve our lives as we grow older. We ask: What do we want our final quarter of life to look like? And can the AgeTech industry actually improve the ways we live our longer lives? Over the past 20 years, researchers have shown that certain types of physical and mental exercise can help stave off dementia and other forms of cognitive decline. In this episode, we look at how innovators are turning to tech-based activities to maximize brain health in aging adults. And we visit a retirement community in Maryland that has developed an innovative program called Kinnections, which uses high-tech games to make the process more fun and effective.

    41분
  4. Robot Pets: Holograms and the Future of Loneliness

    5월 13일

    Robot Pets: Holograms and the Future of Loneliness

    New research indicates that loneliness is again on the rise. And people over 60 are spending more time online and with their own personal devices. But if technology pulled us apart - can it also put us back together? Today we meet a new generation of robot companions that are designed to fix loneliness.

    36분
  5. Moving Forward

    4월 29일

    Moving Forward

    We’re an aging nation. By 2050, for the first time ever, Americans over age 60 will outnumber those aged 10 to 24. Older adults increasingly prefer aging in place, so the need for technologies that support activities of daily living, mobility, and social connection is growing.  In Century Lives: The AgeTech Revolution, we travel to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where we and 150,000 of our closest friends scope out the technologies that claim they will improve our lives as we grow older. We ask: What do we want our final quarter of life to look like? And can the AgeTech industry actually improve the ways we live our longer lives? For aging adults, a loss of mobility often means the end of freedom and independence. In this episode, we talk to innovators who are developing exoskeletons and other robotic devices that rely on AI to help people move better and longer. We focus particularly on a company called Dephy, which makes sneakers that boost your ability to walk. The company’s founder describes them as e-bikes for your feet.

    27분
  6. Where Should I Live?: A Call-In Special

    4월 15일

    Where Should I Live?: A Call-In Special

    By 2030, every Baby Boomer will be 65 or older. Many of these older adults will live alone and on limited incomes, and many will have mobility and other health challenges. This so-called “silver tsunami” is here to stay, and the math is ominous. The nation already has a housing shortage—and a senior-care shortage. On the plus side, many of these older folks will be healthier and more active, engaged, and tech-savvy than their peers in prior generations. But since their housing needs and preferences will also differ from those of their predecessors, new questions and challenges will arise. On Century Lives: The Home Stretch, we explore signs of hope and inspiration in communities where housing innovations for older adults are already afoot. We open our final episode of the season to housing questions from our listeners. How do I adjust to living in my adult child’s home? What are the benefits of living in a senior housing community on a college campus? Do I stay near my friends, or move to where relatives can help with my care? Fielding questions for the hour are host Ken Stern and renowned “place planning” expert Ryan Frederick.

    59분
  7. Capably Aging in Place

    4월 1일

    Capably Aging in Place

    By 2030, every Baby Boomer will be 65 or older. Many of these older adults will live alone and on limited incomes, and many will have mobility and other health challenges. This so-called “silver tsunami” is here to stay, and the math is ominous. The nation already has a housing shortage—and a senior-care shortage. On the plus side, many of these older folks will be healthier and more active, engaged, and tech-savvy than their peers in prior generations. But since their housing needs and preferences will also differ from those of their predecessors, new questions and challenges will arise. On Century Lives: The Home Stretch, we explore signs of hope and inspiration in communities where housing innovations for older adults are already afoot. The ability of older adults to age in place at home and their community can be threatened by a single fall or mobility challenge. But sometimes the difference between a house that’s manageable and safe and one that’s not comes down to small things, like a grab bar, a hand railing, a rug that’s tacked down, or a robotic vacuum. Fifteen years ago, a nurse at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore came up with a unique, low-cost approach to making these kinds of changes in seniors’ homes, and it’s now a nationwide program called CAPABLE. The savings they’ve proven in hospitalizations and nursing home costs are astounding. As they like to say: Home is where the health is.

    41분
  8. Over the Rainbow

    3월 18일

    Over the Rainbow

    By 2030, every Baby Boomer will be 65 or older. Many of these older adults will live alone and on limited incomes, and many will have mobility and other health challenges. This so-called “silver tsunami” is here to stay, and the math is ominous. The nation already has a housing shortage—and a senior-care shortage. On the plus side, many of these older folks will be healthier and more active, engaged, and tech-savvy than their peers in prior generations. But since their housing needs and preferences will also differ from those of their predecessors, new questions and challenges will arise. On Century Lives: The Home Stretch, we explore signs of hope and inspiration in communities where housing innovations for older adults are already afoot. Older adults are the fastest-growing age group falling into homelessness: The population of unhoused older adults is expected to triple from 2017 to 2030. We discuss its roots in the shortage of housing in the U.S. and visit San Diego to learn about some solutions to the growing crisis of senior homelessness.

    35분
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Do rules created when most people lived only to 50 or 60 still make sense when more and more people live to 100? Longer lives are among the most remarkable achievements in all of human history — and the greatest challenge of the 21st century. How can we ensure that our lives are not just longer, but healthy and rewarding as well? From the Stanford Century on Longevity, Century Lives is here to start the conversation. Join us as we venture into the world of education, work, healthcare, housing, and more to explore how our future as a population of centenarians has already begun.

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  • 제작진
    Stanford Center on Longevity
  • 방송 연도
    2021년 - 2026년
  • 에피소드
    77
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    © Stanford Center on Longevity
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