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Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
Partnering with longevity innovators and multisector stakeholders, the Future of Aging develops solutions that enhance healthspan—the period of life spent in good health. By advancing preventive care, fostering social connections, and promoting purpose-driven living, the initiative champions scientific progress that encourages not just longer lives, but healthier ones. This holistic approach to health ensures that individuals can remain active participants in society throughout their lives.
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Supporting Family Caregiving: How Employers Can Lead
More than 53 million people provide unpaid care for loved ones, with 61 percent also holding paid jobs. Family caregiving impacts financial stability, career progression, and overall well-being.Read ReportThe Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging
The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities Administration for Community Living US Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC 20201 Dear Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy...Read Letter
Request for Information on Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act – US Senate HELP Committee
The Honorable Bernie Sanders Chairman HELP Committee United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Bill Cassidy, MD Ranking Member HELP Committee United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr. United...Read Letter
Implementation of California’s Master Plan for Aging
Submitted electronically Little Hoover Commission 925 L St., Suite 805 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Chairman Nava and Commissioners, Thank you for your dedication to studying the early implementation of California’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA)...Read LetterImage
Lauren Dunning
Director, Future of Aging, Milken Institute HealthLauren Dunning is a director on the Future of Aging team at the Milken Institute, where she develops initiatives and strategic partnerships that advance healthy longevity and financial security across the life course. In her role, Dunning oversees the Future of Aging Advisory Board, a group of global leaders across sectors that provides advisement, expertise, and collaboration to maximize the impact of the Institute's work on aging.
New Approaches to Long-Term Care Access for Middle-Income Households
"New Approaches to Long-Term Care Access for Middle-Income Americans" summarizes the key findings of a Financial Innovations Lab® organized by the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and Innovative Finance teams in Fall 2020...Read Report
Together Apart: Findings from the Social Isolation Impact Summit
In July 2020, the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) and the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging convened the Social Isolation Impact Summit. We brought together experts in health and aging for one objective: to share...Read Report
Market Scan: Future of Long-Term Care amid Current Landscape of Barriers and Opportunities
The Milken Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging and Innovative Finance teams are collaborating on a research project to evaluate the most pressing barriers to effectively meeting the long-term care (LTC) needs of Americans across the...Read Report
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Recommendations to Build a Dementia-Capable Workforce and System amid COVID-19
To address the impact that the COVID-19 virus is having on people living with dementia and their caregivers, this brief analyzes recent policy and funding updates and puts forward the following actionable recommendations to build a COVID-19...Read Brief
Caregivers in the Workplace
The Milken Institute Future of Aging and The Johns Hopkins University Business of Health Initiative brought together prominent employers, researchers, caregiving advocates, and representatives of the business community for a half-day convening at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC. The group discussed the need to raise private-sector employers’ awareness of the unique hurdles faced by working family caregivers, especially those caring for older adults, and opportunities to identify, offer, and advocate for impactful and valued employer benefits and support programs aimed at improving their lives.
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