Curriculum The Longevity Economy
The Longevity Economy
How longer lives are reshaping economies - the silver economy, paying for long-term care, dementia, working longer, India's ageing population and age-related vision loss.
- The Longevity Revolution How average lifespans have risen dramatically over the past century, why it happened, and why it counts as one of humanity's greatest achievements. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Silver Economy How the growing number of older people creates new markets for products and services, and how businesses are adapting. 📄 Read-aloud
- Paying for Long-Term Care Why care for frail older people is so expensive, how different countries pay for it, and the heavy burden on families. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Economic Cost of Dementia Why dementia is one of the costliest health conditions, how much of the cost falls on families, and what research and policy aim to do. 📄 Read-aloud
- Working Longer: Older Workers in the Labour Market Why more people are working into their sixties and seventies, the benefits and barriers, and how workplaces can adapt. 📄 Read-aloud
- Healthy Life Expectancy The difference between how long people live and how long they live in good health, and why extending healthy years matters economically. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Longevity Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on longer lives, the silver economy, long-term care, dementia and working longer. 5 questions
- Ageing and Public Finances: Who Pays? How population ageing affects government budgets through pensions, health and care, and the difficult choices it creates between generations. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Ageing Population How India's older population is growing faster than ever, the particular challenges for older women and the rural elderly, and the policies emerging to support them. 📄 Read-aloud
- Technology for Older People How technology, from health monitors to voice assistants, can help older people live independently, and the barriers to adoption. 📄 Read-aloud
- Age Discrimination in the Economy How ageism affects older people in hiring, lending and services, what research shows about it, and how laws try to address it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Protecting Older People From Financial Abuse How older people become targets of scams and financial exploitation, why they are vulnerable, and how families, banks and laws can protect them. 📄 Read-aloud
- Age-Related Vision Loss and Its Economic Cost Why vision problems become more common with age, the large economic cost of untreated sight loss, and the simple treatments that give high returns. 📄 Read-aloud