Strengthening Medicare
The Medicare fund that pays for seniors’ hospital care could be insolvent as soon as 2017. As policymakers consider this looming challenge, what are the lessons-learned from health reform? What messages will help them gain the support of older Americans? Six Center on Longevity faculty affiliates, with expertise in economics, medicine, political science and psychology, share their views.
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Inspiring People to Think – and Think
Differently – About Aging

The challenges and opportunities of an older America are coming to bear quickly. Uncommon Approaches for Unprecedented Challenges, our new annual report, describes the Center on Longevity’s work convening experts and launching research to prepare the young and old for an increasingly aging society.
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Exploring Links Among Music, Memory and Aging
Virtually everyone experiences memory decline with age. Alzheimer’s disease and clinical dementia are the most severe forms of this decline, although subtler versions of decline also come with age, including poorer recall and degraded working memory. Through a new grant, the Center on Longevity will examine the possibility of using music to improve memory in older adults.
 
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