SYP-3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Baby Boomers
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Intro: aging is in the news, demographic changes set the stage, longer lives have become the norm, the challenge: gain in life expectancy and retaining high quality lives, reshaping the paths throughout life. Why so many old people: immunizations, baby boomers, more knowledge, varied diet, policy changes: new deal (income support, sanitation, clean water, surviving childhood. Where will the next gains in longevity come from: exercise, eating right, education, etc. Compression of morbidity: our goal is to decrease the number of disabled years while you are alive. Re-designing our life course structure: work framework: education, work, retirement, death (age 70) Only some people have had this life, all white men: life phase framework: education, work/family, healthy, unhealthy, death (age 70, extended life phase framework: education, work/family, healthy, unhealthy (age 95)
