Education
Creating Career Pipelines to Serve Aging Populations
How education and careers connected to the aging population can provide an opportunity for economic growth.
Tag: Aging
Health
Housing for Health
Nine communities in the United States are finding ways to invest in housing to contain health care costs.
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Creating Systemic Change
Japan is opening the door to new approaches, such as social enterprise, for solving its pressing social problems.
Social Services
Convenient Care for the Elderly
In Japan, minimart chains such as 7-Eleven and Lawson play a major role in providing services for a burgeoning elderly population.
Social Services
Generations Together
Home-sharing programs in France provide students with a place to live and seniors with a source of companionship.
Economic Development
The Time Bank Solution
For decades, time banking has been a relatively small-scale movement. But signs are emerging that it may be an idea whose time has come.
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Civil Society
A New Vision for Elder Care
Can the emergence of a “Caring Majority” help meet the needs of an aging US population?
Health
Ends and Means
In the way that people think about end-of-life care, moral and economic motives converge and commingle.
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Health
Design or Disrupt?
The Mayo Clinic achieves patient care improvements through innovation that is incremental rather than disruptive.
Social Enterprise
Social Enterprises: Serving “Extreme” Customers
Mainstream companies are just starting to pay attention to consumers with nonstandard preferences and needs; social enterprises have sought to serve these customers for years.