ageing population

This article in Technology Review gives a good account of the issues facing older workers (Aging workers, new technology).

Just ponder this for a moment:

The Economist has put its considerable thinking power to the subject of the ageing worker. Interesting profile of the UK working population.

I have been in the ageing business for at least a decade - probably a bit longer. During that time I have seen a lot of changes to the way companies respond to growing number of older customers BUT I have seen the same old mistakes made time and time and time again.

Want to know how older people are shaping the US housing market? It is your lucky day. Go no further than this link and you have enough reading a viewing to take up the rest of your weekend.

That said, when I delved into the report to see what it had to say about adapting housing to the cognitive, sensory and physical issues of ageing I found it a tad on the thin side.

The provision of healthcare to the older person is a BIG issue. No, it is not an 'issue', it is a massive problem.

Why? Three reasons.

This is a well made short video you might want to use at presentations. Well made and makes some good points.

The BBC made this video based on the research by Pew. I wrote about the report a few days back. 

Good to see that Ford is taking the needs of the ageing population seriously – well it is saying that is is taking it seriously.

This might have something to do with the fact that the average American household purchases 13 cars over a lifetime — and seven of those are purchased after the head of the household turns 50.

MIT's Technology Review has one of the scariest articles I think I have ever read.

I am well aware about the enormity of the problems created by Dementia but I was shocked when I read the facts presented in this article.

The older market in the US is big -  in Europe is big as well - in Asia Pacific it is huge. Take 15 mins out of your day to hear Kim Walker explain the dynamics of ageing in the Asia Pac region.