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Baby Boomers: The Next 20 Years. Richard Adler Institute for Senior Living April 12, 2012. Two visions of the future of aging. Thinking about the future. Foresight. In sight. Action. Methodologies:. Expert workshops Ethnographic research Scenarios Artifacts from the future
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Baby Boomers: The Next 20 Years Richard Adler Institute for Senior Living April 12, 2012
Foresight Insight Action
Methodologies: • Expert workshops • Ethnographic research • Scenarios • Artifacts from the future • Collaborative forecasting • Games • Signal tracking • Mapping
Premise: The systems, structures and institutions created over the past half century to support older Americans will not scale up to accommodate the needs of the next generation of seniors.
Projected growth in health care spending, 2007-2082 % of GDP Source: Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending, CBO, 2007
Model of change • Cohort • Age • Period
Women Men Cohort Effect: Life Expectancy, 1840-2000 Source: Broken Limits to Life Expectancy, Oeppenand Vaupell Science, May 10., 2002
Cohort Effect: Prevalence of Disability in the 65+ population, 1982-2005 Source: NIA, 2006
Age Effect: Prevalence of Disability by Age, 2009 Source: Administration on Aging,. A Profile of Older Americans: 2009.
Foresight Insight Action