Suspend reality

what are YOUR biggest issues and fears as an older person today?

where do YOU see the greatest opportunities to improve your life as an older person?

Refuting Assumptions

Population Ageing - Numbers

2008 •160 million

2014 •200 million

2050 •400 million

2000 2050

Source: World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (2005).

Population Pyramids China: 2000 and 2050

Percentage of older adults (65+)1950 - 2050

“There's no

difference

between

having a girl

or a boy —

girls can also

continue the

family line.”

Billboard in Hebei Province

A Nation Aged “Germany”

Germany 0-14 and 65-79 age groups compared

(% of the total population)

Berlin Institute Population for Population and

Development, 2009

“Living longer and longer without working longer; this just doesn’t work”

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder

European human capital indexEndownment Utilization Productivity Demography TOTAL

Sweden 1 4 1 2 8

Denmark 2 2 4 6 14United Kingdom 9 5 2 3 19

Netherlands 6 1 10 4 21

Austria 3 6 5 9 23

Finland 7 8 3 11 29

Ireland 12 9 8 1 30

France 8 11 6 5 30

Belgium 4 12 7 8 31

Germany 5 10 9 12 36

Portugal 13 3 11 10 37

Spain 11 7 12 7 38

Italy 10 13 13 13 48

40% of public service can retire by 2011Universities are gearing up for a hiring boomAverage age of retirement is 58.4 years“Tories consider dropping early retirement provision”The Global and Mail , 29 December 2010

Old age dependency(Persons 65+/100 persons working age)

Largest source of long-term care services in

the United States

1new case of Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosed every

7 seconds

Molecular Understanding

Diagnostics and

Biomarkers

Lifestyle Interventions

Population Based

Outcomes

Care Strategies

Clinical Trials and

Therapeutics

”Those who only build in

moderation, do not build for

human need.”

Voltaire

Innovation in Intergenerational

Relationships

how do we measure success?we don’t

Connections, Connecting and Connectedness

Social and Economic Change

What are the

outcomes?

What is the

currency?

What are the

vehicles?

Social Innovation

Questions to keep you awake at night …

1. What is the issue that if social innovation

was to make its mark would deal the most

powerful blow to the myth that older people

are a burden and hazard to society?

2. How is social innovation a global

change agent with and for older people?

3. When and how will social innovations

connect across the globe to take us to a

tipping point?

Imagine if all older people in our community were valued and involved